Yakaikeke
Yakaikeke is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
See it on the globeOpen in the family tree
Yakaikeke (Iakaikeke) is an Oceanic language of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
From Wikipedia · Yakaikeke language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Yakaikeke
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | rava* | |
| name | wava* | |
| eye | matana* | |
| ear | taniga* | |
| nose | gia* | |
| tooth | okena* | |
| tongue | menana* | |
| hand | nimana* | |
| blood | tarana* | |
| bone | gelamina* | |
| skin | kopina* | |
| knee | kaetutuna* | |
| breast | guguna* | |
| liver | ririwa* | |
| water | waira* | |
| fire | kai* | |
| sun | madega* | |
| star | kipora* | |
| stone | gakima* | |
| mountain | ola* | |
| tree | kai* | |
| leaf | ruguruguna* | |
| night | waguvara* | |
| dog | dagai* | |
| fish | iana* | |
| louse | utu* | |
| one | tago* | |
| two | ruwa* | |
| I | taku* | |
| you | tam* |
* 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
Glottolog · yaka1275 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · ykk