Kapori language
| Kapori | |
|---|---|
| Kapauri | |
| Region | Papua: Pagai village, Kamikaru and Magri hamlets on north bank of upper Idenburg River |
Native speakers | 200 (2006)[1] |
Language family | Foja Range
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | khp |
| Glottolog | kapo1250 |
| ELP | Kapori |
Kapori (Kapauri) is a Papuan language of Pagai village in Airu District, Jayapura Regency, Papua, Indonesia.
Vocabulary[]
The following basic vocabulary words are from Voorhoeve (1975),[2] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:[3]
gloss Kapauri head aure hair su eye hukwani tooth wano leg tie louse usa dog unu bird irini egg hwini blood kumu bone uw skin ufunu tree tretaro man inaptei sun niki water bu fire sene stone liti name witini eat taro one kakua two nafrine
Further reading[]
- Rumaropen, Benny. 2006. Survey Report on the Kapauri Language of Papua, Indonesia. Unpublished ms. Jayapura: SIL Indonesia.
References[]
- ^ Kapori at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Voorhoeve, C.L. Languages of Irian Jaya: Checklist. Preliminary classification, language maps, wordlists. B-31, iv + 133 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1975. doi:10.15144/PL-B31
- ^ Greenhill, Simon (2016). "TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea". Retrieved 2020-11-05.
Categories:
- Languages of western New Guinea
- Kapauri–Sause languages
- Language isolates of New Guinea
- Papuan language stubs