Karawa
Karawa is a Sepik language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Karawa (Bulawa) is a language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, by decreasing number of people. Speakers are shifting to Pouye, which is closely related (67% similar lexically). It is spoken in the single village of Pulwa (Bulawa) (3.665801°S 142.014408°E / -3.665801; 142.014408 (Bulwo)) in East Wapei Rural LLG, Sandaun Province.
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Words in Karawa
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | telou | |
| person | yaNgai* | |
| eye | noulaka* | |
| ear | maklaka* | |
| nose | waklaka* | |
| tooth | pilaka* | |
| tongue | lal3pi* | |
| hand | yilo* | |
| blood | eipi* | |
| bone | lak3* | |
| skin | mouwil* | |
| knee | paNgalaka* | |
| breast | m3y* | |
| liver | way* | |
| water | you* | |
| fire | tapo* | |
| sun | may* | |
| star | weypra* | |
| stone | tidl* | |
| mountain | kaylam* | |
| tree | tau* | |
| leaf | ti* | |
| night | aitriya* | |
| dog | n3pay* | |
| fish | 3l* | |
| louse | nipia* | |
| one | watowo* | |
| two | yik3ramo* | |
| I | wan* | |
| you | yim* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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