Kanite
Kanite is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Kanite is a Papuan language spoken in Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, with a few thousand speakers. One of its dialects is Kagufi.
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Words in Kanite
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | vaya* | |
| eye | ulaka* | |
| ear | hane* | |
| tooth | ve* | |
| hand | ya* | |
| blood | kola* | |
| skin | kufa* | |
| liver | u* | |
| water | ti* | |
| sun | yakemo7e* | |
| dog | kala* | |
| one | nako* | |
| two | tole* | |
| I | na* | |
| we | ta7akaya* | |
| drink | n* | |
| see | ke* | |
| hear | havi* | |
| die | fal* | |
| come | e* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · kani1286 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · kmu