Kela (Papua New Guinea)
Kela (Papua New Guinea) is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Kala, also known as Kela, is an Austronesian language spoken by about 2200 people (in 2002) in several villages along the south coast of the Huon Gulf between Salamaua Peninsula and the Paiawa River, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
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Words in Kela (Papua New Guinea)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tambu* | |
| name | Nase* | |
| eye | tambwa* | |
| ear | tawaNgu* | |
| nose | siNgawa* | |
| tooth | 7oh* | |
| tongue | mamala* | |
| hand | maNge* | |
| blood | NameseN* | |
| bone | Natuwa* | |
| skin | masaro* | |
| knee | nenubu* | |
| breast | sokwa* | |
| liver | yuraku* | |
| water | mbeti | |
| fire | iya* | |
| sun | yawasa* | |
| star | damani* | |
| stone | loi* | |
| mountain | bah* | |
| tree | 7ai* | |
| leaf | NalauN* | |
| night | kizi* | |
| dog | kia* | |
| louse | zoh* | |
| one | tiaNo* | |
| two | rua* | |
| I | kia* | |
| you | koi* | |
| we | kara* |
* 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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Glottolog · kela1255 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · kcl