Kaure | |
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Region | Papua |
Native speakers
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450 (1995) |
Trans–New Guinea ?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either: bpp – Kaure nxu – Narau |
Glottolog | kaur1272 |
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. It is spoken in the villages of Lereh, Harna, Wes, Masta, and Aurina. Narau is either a dialect or a closely related language.
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.
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).