Kapori language explained

Kapori language should not be confused with Kapore language.

Kapori
Also Known As:Kapauri
Region:Papua

Pagai village, Kamikaru and Magri hamlets on north bank of upper Idenburg River

Speakers:200
Date:2006
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Papuan
Fam3:Kapauri–Sause
Iso3:khp
Glotto:kapo1250
Glottorefname: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),[1] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:[2]

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

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. Web site: TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea . Greenhill . Simon . 2016. 2020-11-05.