Kanite
卡尼特語
Trans-New Guinea
Kanite is a Trans-New Guinea Kainantu-branch language of the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea, spoken by ~6,000 people in the Kainantu District around Henganofi. The Kainantu-Goroka family (Kamano, Yagaria, Gadsup, Auyana, Kanite, Tairora — ~30+ languages, ~200K total speakers) is one of the major Trans-New Guinea subgroups of the Eastern Highlands. Linguistically, Kanite shares classical Eastern Highlands features: SOV constituent order, postpositions, complex verb morphology with subject-tense-aspect agreement, switch-reference clause-chaining, and a small phoneme inventory typical of Kainantu languages. McCarthy's 1965 SIL phonology and Bible translation work since the 1960s have produced literacy materials and the New Testament. Despite the small population, Kanite shows relative vitality in remote highland villages.
使用地區
卡尼特語嘅20個核心詞
水
nai
/nai/
火
lo
/lo/
日頭
suka
/suka/
月光
ika
/ika/
母親
nene
/nene/
父親
nafa
/nafa/
食
ne
/ne/
飲
ne
/ne/
愛
avesi
/avesi/
心
agu
/aɡu/
樹
yafa
/jafa/
屋
no
/no/
狗
ovava
/ovava/
貓
pusi
/pusi/
手
azana
/azana/
眼
avu
/avu/
你好
naipa
/naipa/
多謝
susu
/susu/
一
magoke
/maɡoke/
好
knaga
/knaɡa/
來源
單詞比較
同Trans-New Guinea相關語言比較
| 意思 | 卡尼特語 | 雅加利亞語 | 希里莫圖語 | 聖布拉斯古納語 | 穆索-埃米拉語 | 莫圖語 | 恩加語 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 水 | nai /nai/ | nofa /nofa/ | ranu /ɾanu/ | di /di/ | eai /eai/ | ranu /ɾanu/ | endaki /endaki/ |
| 火 | lo /lo/ | yo /jo/ | lahi /lahi/ | so /so/ | kapok /kapok/ | lahi /lahi/ | ita /ita/ |
| 日頭 | suka /suka/ | kena /kena/ | dina /dina/ | olo /olo/ | ariu /aɾiu/ | dina /dina/ | niko /niko/ |
| 月光 | ika /ika/ | ulu /ulu/ | hua /hua/ | nii /niː/ | malam /malam/ | hua /hua/ | kana /kana/ |
| 母親 | nene /nene/ | nene /nene/ | sina /sina/ | nan /nan/ | nia /nia/ | sinana /sinana/ | ainya /aiɲa/ |
| 父親 | nafa /nafa/ | papa /papa/ | tama /tama/ | baba /baba/ | tama /tama/ | tamana /tamana/ | taata /taːta/ |
| 食 | ne /ne/ | na /na/ | ania /ania/ | gunne /ɡune/ | anu /anu/ | aniani /aniani/ | nepenge /nepeŋe/ |
| 飲 | ne /ne/ | nava /nava/ | inua /inua/ | gobe /ɡobe/ | inum /inum/ | inuinu /inuinu/ | na pee /na peː/ |
| 愛 | avesi /avesi/ | amige /amiɡe/ | lalokau /lalokau/ | sabbi /sabːi/ | talimi /talimi/ | lalokau /lalokau/ | mende /mende/ |
| 心 | agu /aɡu/ | nemo /nemo/ | kudouna /kudouna/ | kurgin /kuɾɡin/ | lalota /lalota/ | kudouna /kudouna/ | maita /maita/ |
| 樹 | yafa /jafa/ | yake /jake/ | au /au/ | sappi /sapːi/ | rikei /ɾikei/ | au /au/ | ita /ita/ |
| 屋 | no /no/ | nono /nono/ | ruma /ɾuma/ | nega /neɡa/ | ulemi /ulemi/ | ruma /ɾuma/ | anda /anda/ |
| 狗 | ovava /ovava/ | yapa /japa/ | sisia /sisia/ | achu /atʃu/ | kovur /kovuɾ/ | sisia /sisia/ | yana /jana/ |
| 貓 | pusi /pusi/ | pusi /pusi/ | pusi /pusi/ | miji /midʒi/ | busi /busi/ | gosi /ɡosi/ | pusi /pusi/ |
| 手 | azana /azana/ | bayo /bajo/ | imana /imana/ | arigan /aɾiɡan/ | lima /lima/ | imana /imana/ | kingi /kiŋɡi/ |
| 眼 | avu /avu/ | gago /ɡaɡo/ | matana /matana/ | ibya /ibja/ | mata /mata/ | matana /matana/ | lenge /leŋɡe/ |
| 你好 | naipa /naipa/ | amige /amiɡe/ | namona /namona/ | nuedi /nweðiː/ | emua /emua/ | namo gida /namo ɡida/ | baa wa /baː wa/ |
| 多謝 | susu /susu/ | tega /teɡa/ | tanikiu /tanikiu/ | nuedi malo /nweðiː malo/ | poasi /poasi/ | oi namo /oi namo/ | yaku /jaku/ |
| 一 | magoke /maɡoke/ | kahene /kahene/ | ta /ta/ | kuenki /kweŋki/ | esa /esa/ | ta /ta/ | mendeai /mendeai/ |
| 好 | knaga /knaɡa/ | kavi /kavi/ | namo /namo/ | nuegan /nweɡan/ | rop /ɾop/ | namo /namo/ | epe /epe/ |
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