Kapori language

Kapori (Kapauri) is a Papuan language of Pagai village in Airu District, Jayapura Regency, Papua, Indonesia.

Kapori
Kapauri
RegionPapua: Pagai village, Kamikaru and Magri hamlets on north bank of upper Idenburg River
Native speakers
200 (2006)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3khp
Glottologkapo1250
ELPKapori

Vocabulary

The following basic vocabulary words are from Voorhoeve (1975),[2] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:[3]

glossKapauri
headaure
hairsu
eyehukwani
toothwano
legtie
louseusa
dogunu
birdirini
egghwini
bloodkumu
boneuw
skinufunu
treetretaro
maninaptei
sunniki
waterbu
firesene
stoneliti
namewitini
eattaro
onekakua
twonafrine

Further reading

  • Rumaropen, Benny. 2006. Survey Report on the Kapauri Language of Papua, Indonesia. Unpublished ms. Jayapura: SIL Indonesia.

References

  1. Kapori at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. 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
  3. Greenhill, Simon (2016). "TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea". Retrieved 2020-11-05.


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