Karkar-Yuri
Karkar-Yuri is a Pauwasi language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Karkar, also known as Yuri, is the sole Eastern Pauwasi language of Papua New Guinea. There are about a thousand speakers along the Indonesian border spoken in Green River Rural LLG, Sandaun Province.
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Words in Karkar-Yuri
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | arop* | |
| name | i* | |
| eye | yi* | |
| ear | wupwi* | |
| nose | nus* | |
| tooth | yu* | |
| tongue | serekam* | |
| hand | yai* | |
| blood | yeri* | |
| bone | kor* | |
| skin | yepi* | |
| knee | kwarapkour* | |
| breast | mom* | |
| liver | yonkwE* | |
| water | ent* | |
| fire | yaomwi* | |
| sun | yemar* | |
| star | t3rme* | |
| stone | yumwi* | |
| mountain | faonkwi* | |
| tree | yao* | |
| leaf | pwai* | |
| night | kumur* | |
| dog | as* | |
| fish | entekam* | |
| louse | yemer* | |
| one | ankerank* | |
| two | anenk* | |
| I | on* | |
| you | am* |
* 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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Elsewhere
Glottolog · kark1258 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · yuj