Yerakai
Yerakai is a language isolate spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
Yerakai (Yerekai) is a Sepik language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua-New Guinea. It is highly divergent from other Sepik languages, being only 6% cognate with other Middle Sepik languages. Glottolog classifies it as an isolate.
It is spoken in Yerakai (4.280234°S 142.924084°E / -4.280234; 142.924084 (Yerakai)) village, Yerakai ward, Ambunti Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.
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Words in Yerakai
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | lanip* | |
| eye | munkwop* | |
| ear | uNgwandup* | |
| nose | saguop* | |
| tooth | nambip* | |
| tongue | dayup* | |
| hand | tEbEp* | |
| blood | wunip* | |
| bone | yEp* | |
| skin | lanyamp* | |
| knee | tayEp* | |
| breast | miyEp* | |
| liver | siyabop* | |
| water | aNkwu* | |
| fire | sap* | |
| sun | nap* | |
| star | wunubup* | |
| stone | mbEp* | |
| mountain | nEmip* | |
| tree | miyEp* | |
| leaf | naNg3tEmbip* | |
| night | NgEnEp* | |
| dog | litap* | |
| fish | linEp* | |
| louse | wunip* | |
| one | an3boy* | |
| two | iti* | |
| I | ana* | |
| you | mun* | |
| we | nom* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · yera1243 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · yra