Tauade
Tauade is a language isolate spoken in Papua New Guinea.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
Tauade is a Papuan language of Kira Rural LLG in Central Province, Papua New Guinea.
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Words in Tauade
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mu* | |
| name | apete* | |
| eye | tavai* | |
| ear | kepapai* | |
| nose | kit* | |
| tooth | notovai* | |
| tongue | aivi* | |
| hand | karavai* | |
| blood | iliv | |
| bone | kenivi* | |
| skin | kotipai* | |
| knee | ketitai* | |
| breast | data* | |
| liver | kutoudata* | |
| water | ipi* | |
| fire | enam* | |
| sun | vatava* | |
| star | tuwu* | |
| stone | eviti* | |
| mountain | oloto* | |
| tree | eata* | |
| leaf | eavalupu* | |
| night | kuitdama* | |
| dog | kovera* | |
| fish | korume* | |
| louse | daut* | |
| one | kone* | |
| two | kupaliai* | |
| I | na* | |
| drink | ipnai* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
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