Karami
Karami was a language isolate once spoken in Papua New Guinea.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
Karami is an extinct and unclassified Papuan language of southern Papua New Guinea. It is attested from only a short word list, which include many loans from Foia Foia.
From Wikipedia · Karami language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Karami
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | sor* | |
| eye | epegu* | |
| ear | kuse* | |
| nose | wodi* | |
| tooth | saku* | |
| tongue | muta* | |
| hand | simai7a* | |
| blood | toki* | |
| bone | goni* | |
| skin | kebora* | |
| breast | bodoro* | |
| water | auwo* | |
| fire | mavio* | |
| sun | aemea* | |
| star | bube* | |
| stone | agabu* | |
| mountain | darai* | |
| tree | sumari* | |
| night | duruki* | |
| dog | kao* | |
| fish | mini* | |
| louse | sugani* | |
| one | botie* | |
| two | kipainoe* | |
| I | torgue* | |
| you | kuriax* | |
| path | ige* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · kara1497 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · xar