Korafe-Yegha
Korafe-Yegha is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Korafe is a Papuan language spoken in Oro Province, in the "tail" of Papua New Guinea. It is part of the Binanderean family of the Trans–New Guinea phylum of languages. Korafe or could also be called Kailikaili, Kaire, Korafe, Korafi, Korape, and Kwarafe is a language spoken in the Oro Province more specifically in the Tufi District, and Cape Nelson Headlands.
Korafe has been heavily influenced by Oceanic languages.
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Words in Korafe-Yegha
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ebo* | |
| name | jabo* | |
| eye | diti* | |
| ear | degoro* | |
| nose | medo* | |
| tooth | dika* | |
| tongue | abiba* | |
| hand | ugo* | |
| blood | ororo* | |
| bone | etu* | |
| skin | anoso* | |
| knee | kaubo* | |
| breast | ami* | |
| liver | jugarixamo* | |
| water | ubu* | |
| fire | abaraka* | |
| sun | iji* | |
| star | damana* | |
| stone | xamana* | |
| mountain | doriri* | |
| tree | ika* | |
| leaf | igi* | |
| night | tubE* | |
| dog | sino* | |
| fish | oka* | |
| louse | jixi* | |
| one | dabako* | |
| two | etoto* | |
| I | na* | |
| you | ni* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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