Kokoda
Kokoda is a South Bird's Head language spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Kokoda is a Papuan language of the Bird's Head Peninsula spoken by the Kokoda (Emeyode) people of Kokoda District, South Sorong Regency, Southwest Papua. The four dialects — Kokoda proper, Kasuweri, Tarof, and Yamueti — are divergent enough to sometimes be considered separate languages.
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Words in Kokoda
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | danetumo* | |
| name | nanaya* | |
| eye | Emago* | |
| ear | EkEra* | |
| nose | ETara* | |
| tooth | ErESinu* | |
| tongue | Enini* | |
| hand | obora* | |
| blood | raro* | |
| bone | toka* | |
| skin | akai* | |
| breast | didu* | |
| liver | anibaro* | |
| water | tai | |
| fire | mukupi* | |
| sun | EgEdia* | |
| star | turubi* | |
| stone | ureko* | |
| mountain | Siriomo* | |
| tree | kEminia* | |
| leaf | oSikaya* | |
| night | muEkaraTa* | |
| dog | dawora* | |
| fish | koinaminera* | |
| louse | kono* | |
| one | onaSia* | |
| two | oTa* | |
| I | nEixa* | |
| you | aixa* | |
| we | nixa* |
* 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 · koko1265 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · xod