Northeast Kiwai
Northeast Kiwai is a Kiwaian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Kiwai is a Papuan language, or languages, of southern Papua New Guinea. Dialects number 1,300 Kope, 700 Gibaio, 1,700 Urama, 700 Arigibi (together "Northeast Kiwai"), 3,800 Coast, 1,000 Daru, 4,500 Island, 400 Doumori (together "Southern Kiwai"). Wurm and Hattori (1981) classify Arigibi as a separate language.
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Words in Northeast Kiwai
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mere* | |
| name | paina* | |
| eye | idomai* | |
| ear | hepato* | |
| nose | wodi* | |
| tooth | giri* | |
| tongue | toto7obe* | |
| hand | tu* | |
| blood | ora | |
| bone | horo* | |
| skin | tama* | |
| knee | popu* | |
| breast | amo* | |
| liver | beru* | |
| water | o'obó | |
| fire | muko* | |
| sun | hivio* | |
| star | pi7u* | |
| stone | no7a* | |
| mountain | no7a* | |
| tree | nu7a* | |
| leaf | pahe* | |
| night | duo* | |
| dog | umu* | |
| fish | uho* | |
| louse | nimo* | |
| one | ga7u* | |
| two | netua* | |
| I | mo* | |
| you | ro* |
* 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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