Kandawo
Kandawo is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Kandawo, also known as Narake (but see related Narak) is a Trans–New Guinea language of Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. A dialect survey of Kandawo has been conducted by Graham (1998).
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Words in Kandawo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | una* | |
| name | kandjiye* | |
| eye | nale* | |
| ear | kamala* | |
| nose | gume* | |
| tooth | kasmane* | |
| tongue | armble* | |
| hand | agle* | |
| blood | meyam* | |
| bone | yebe* | |
| skin | gakle* | |
| knee | kakegopye* | |
| breast | am* | |
| liver | mindaletupe* | |
| water | nu* | |
| fire | wamo* | |
| sun | olopa* | |
| star | kamkanjip* | |
| stone | ku* | |
| mountain | kamkimb* | |
| tree | iko* | |
| leaf | yeke* | |
| night | emillparo* | |
| dog | kena* | |
| fish | pis* | |
| louse | noma* | |
| one | taimane* | |
| two | soka* | |
| I | na* | |
| you | ni* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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