Kaure language
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Kaure | |
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Region | Papua |
Native speakers
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450 (1995)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea ?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either: bpp – Kaure nxu – Narau |
Glottolog | kaur1272 [2] |
Map: The Kaure, Kapori, and Kosare languages of New Guinea
The Kaure, Kapori, and Kosare languages
Other Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited
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Kaure is a Papuan language of West Papua. Narau is either a dialect or a closely related language.
Pronouns[edit]
Attested pronouns are 1sg wẽ, 2sg hane, 1pl nene. The 2sg form resembles Mek *ka-n, and 1pl resembles Pauwasi numu~nin, but apart from that little can be said.
Kaure–Kapori hypothesis[edit]
Voorhoeve (1975) suggested that Kaure was related to Kapori and Kosare, two otherwise unclassified languages. However, subsequent evaluations have not found any significant connections (Rumaropen 2006, Wambaliau 2006).
References[edit]
- ^ Kaure at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Narau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kaure–Narau". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- Benny Rumaropen (2006) "Draft Survey Report on the Kapauri Language of Papua." SIL Electronic Survey Reports.
- Theresia Wambaliau (2006) "Draft Laporan Survei pada Bahasa Kosare di Papua, Indonesia." SIL Electronic Survey Reports.
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