Kara (Papua New Guinea)
Kara (Papua New Guinea) is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Kara (also Lemusmus or Lemakot) is an Austronesian language spoken by about 5,000 people in 1998 in the Kavieng District of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea.
Laxudumau, spoken in the village of Lakudumau, is transitional to Nalik.
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Words in Kara (Papua New Guinea)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | tefin | |
| person | mana* | |
| name | isi* | |
| eye | mana* | |
| ear | raNa* | |
| nose | isu* | |
| tooth | lioa* | |
| tongue | Cemi* | |
| hand | lima* | |
| blood | diai* | |
| bone | rivi* | |
| skin | tana* | |
| breast | susi* | |
| liver | busai* | |
| water | raarum | |
| fire | fara* | |
| star | wadana* | |
| stone | fat* | |
| leaf | waCa* | |
| night | suk* | |
| dog | wiv* | |
| fish | ian* | |
| louse | Nut* | |
| one | namatul* | |
| two | kalava* | |
| I | naniak* | |
| we | nadua* | |
| drink | num* | |
| see | Cakalum* | |
| hear | laNoi* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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