Kaure-Narau
bahasa Kaure
Kaure-Narau is a Kaure-Kosare language spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Kaure is a Papuan language of West Papua. It is spoken in the villages of Lereh, Harna, Wes, Masta, and Aurina.
Narau is either a dialect or a closely related language. It is known from a short word list in Giël (1959). Texts include Auri et al. (1991).
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Words in Kaure-Narau
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nemalon* | |
| name | ble* | |
| eye | hwen* | |
| ear | hokelik* | |
| nose | hapel* | |
| tooth | sepokai* | |
| tongue | slomin* | |
| hand | oplan* | |
| blood | hin* | |
| bone | la* | |
| skin | aholik* | |
| knee | amon* | |
| breast | min* | |
| liver | pwen* | |
| water | bi | |
| fire | salen* | |
| sun | halikhwen* | |
| star | depipaple* | |
| stone | tesi* | |
| mountain | inhwi* | |
| tree | dila* | |
| leaf | be* | |
| night | klin* | |
| dog | se* | |
| fish | bi* | |
| louse | min* | |
| one | kakojan* | |
| two | tlaplik* | |
| I | wen* | |
| you | hane* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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