Kokata
Kokata is a Pama-Nyungan language spoken in Australia. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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The Kokatha language, also written Kukatha, Kokata, Gugada, and other variants, and also referred to as Madutara, Maduwonga, Nganitjidi, Wanggamadu, and Yallingarra and variant spellings of these, is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Western Desert group traditionally spoken by the Kokatha people, whose traditional lands are in the western part of the state of South Australia, north of the Wirangu people.
From Wikipedia · Kokatha dialect · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Kokata
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | patu* | |
| name | ini* | |
| eye | kuru* | |
| ear | pina* | |
| nose | mulya* | |
| tooth | katiti* | |
| tongue | tyali5* | |
| hand | mara* | |
| blood | alkulyu* | |
| bone | tarka* | |
| skin | yantu* | |
| knee | muti* | |
| breast | mimi* | |
| liver | kamanti* | |
| water | kapi* | |
| fire | waru* | |
| sun | tyintu* | |
| star | kata5a* | |
| stone | yapu* | |
| tree | punu* | |
| leaf | parka* | |
| dog | papa* | |
| one | kutyu* | |
| two | kutyara* | |
| I | Nayulu* | |
| you | 5ura* | |
| see | 5a* | |
| hear | kuli* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- YankunytjatjaraPama-Nyungan61% alike
- PitjantjatjaraPama-Nyungan53% alike
- Pintupi-LuritjaPama-Nyungan45% alike
- Martu WangkaPama-Nyungan45% alike
- NgaanyatjarraPama-Nyungan43% alike
- WiranguPama-Nyungan27% alike
Grammar
- Pintupi-LuritjaPama-Nyungan88% alike
- Guugu YimidhirrPama-Nyungan88% alike
- Southern GhaleSino-Tibetan86% alike
- AwabakalPama-Nyungan86% alike
- WajarriPama-Nyungan86% alike
- ObokuitaiLakes Plain85% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · koka1244 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · ktd