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Kunimaipa

Kunimaipa is a Kunimaipan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.

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Kunimaipa · 8.1°S 146.9°E

Kunimaipa is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. The varieties are divergent, on the verge of being distinct languages, and have separate literary traditions.

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Words in Kunimaipa

MeaningWordRomanization
eyeitau*
eargatagapu*
nosewatalopo*
toothkedets*
tonguetanau*
handmalatipulots*
bloodweal*
boneabaugatali*
skinmalikoluo*
liverdarepu*
waterevaio*
fireetimeda*
sungaitamuli*
stargapo*
stonegelel*
mountainlawao*
treeikoimeda*
nightdiavidawaga*
fishgarilapu*
onegaunai*
twokalidalo*
Ina*
youne*
drinknada*
seenetaligai*
hearatawatago*
dienumaga*
comeorda*
newmagai*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary

  • DuwaiAfro-Asiatic12% alike
  • AmanabBorder10% alike
  • OnobasuluBosavi10% alike
  • EraveNuclear Trans New Guinea10% alike
  • YabongNuclear Trans New Guinea9% alike
  • PamosuNuclear Trans New Guinea9% alike

Grammar

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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