Kapori language
Language
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Kapori (Kapauri) is a Papuan language of Pagai village in Airu District, Jayapura Regency, Papua, Indonesia.
RegionPapua: Pagai village, Kamikaru and Magri hamlets on north bank of upper Idenburg River
Native speakers
200 (2006)[1]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 Unpublished ms.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.