Karnai
Karnai is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Karnai ('Barim') is an Austronesian language spoken by about 915 individuals in small villages near Wasu, Morobe Province, on Umboi Island, and near Saidor in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.
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Words in Karnai
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | kurop* | |
| name | En* | |
| eye | moton* | |
| ear | tolNon* | |
| nose | kodun* | |
| tooth | duNon* | |
| tongue | men* | |
| hand | bogen* | |
| blood | ror* | |
| bone | turon* | |
| skin | kulin* | |
| breast | suin* | |
| liver | koten* | |
| water | ran | |
| fire | yai* | |
| sun | kEu* | |
| star | boi* | |
| stone | pot* | |
| mountain | kowol* | |
| tree | koi* | |
| leaf | roun* | |
| night | boN* | |
| dog | goun* | |
| fish | ig* | |
| louse | kut* | |
| one | to* | |
| two | ru* | |
| I | ou* | |
| you | oN* | |
| we | om* |
* 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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