Kein
Kein is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Kein, also known as Bemal, is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea.
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Words in Kein
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | air | |
| name | wani* | |
| eye | amE* | |
| ear | dahu* | |
| nose | sial* | |
| tongue | mino* | |
| blood | EsE* | |
| bone | pahi* | |
| skin | gala* | |
| knee | tauban* | |
| breast | 3pl* | |
| liver | bahu* | |
| water | Ze* | |
| fire | 3b* | |
| sun | 3m* | |
| star | urEb* | |
| mountain | manam* | |
| night | umaum* | |
| dog | pau* | |
| fish | karuk* | |
| louse | mi* | |
| one | tud3k* | |
| two | 3ri37* | |
| I | is* | |
| you | na* | |
| we | ig* | |
| see | ulige* | |
| hear | do* | |
| die | nom* | |
| come | jo* |
* 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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Elsewhere
Glottolog · kein1239 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · bmh