Kove
Kove is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Kove is one of the Austronesian languages of New Britain which is spoken by the people of Papua New Guinea. The language is found in 18 villages with their populations totaling 9,000 people; however, most of the people are unfamiliar with the language. Instead of using the Kove language, many of them use Tok Pisin as their daily language.
From Wikipedia · Kove language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Kove
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | tamine | |
| person | ava* | |
| name | era* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | taliNa* | |
| nose | nuru* | |
| tooth | luo* | |
| tongue | mae* | |
| hand | nima* | |
| blood | siNi* | |
| bone | tuatua* | |
| skin | kulikuli* | |
| breast | turu* | |
| liver | atete* | |
| water | veao | |
| fire | eai* | |
| star | motala* | |
| stone | patu* | |
| leaf | laulau* | |
| night | voNi* | |
| dog | kauwa* | |
| fish | iha* | |
| louse | tuma* | |
| one | ere* | |
| two | hua* | |
| I | eiau* | |
| you | u* | |
| we | ta* | |
| drink | unu* | |
| see | kona* |
* 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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Elsewhere
Glottolog · kove1237 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · kvc