Kou
Kou is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Kou (Kow), or Sinsauru, is a Rai Coast language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. The putative "Asas" language is just the Kou spoken in Asas village.
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Words in Kou
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | wEni* | |
| eye | amu* | |
| ear | hagu* | |
| nose | mo* | |
| tooth | wai* | |
| tongue | yabtalu* | |
| blood | baidig* | |
| bone | usuru* | |
| skin | meit3ron* | |
| knee | wau* | |
| liver | kamE* | |
| water | ya | |
| fire | hEgEni* | |
| sun | gage* | |
| star | kunebi* | |
| stone | waulo* | |
| mountain | hEmorunmu* | |
| tree | 3rE* | |
| night | sainabu* | |
| dog | kEsamu* | |
| fish | fElu* | |
| louse | ini* | |
| one | adine* | |
| two | airE* | |
| I | i* | |
| you | nE* | |
| we | sEnE* | |
| see | ya* | |
| hear | sawisio* | |
| die | hum* |
* 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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