Karami
RegionKikimairi and Aduahai villages, Western Province, Papua New Guinea
ExtinctLast speaker survived into the 1950s (Wurm 2007)[1]
(unclassified)
Language codes
ISO 639-3xar
Glottologkara1497

Karami is an extinct and unclassified Papuan language of southern Papua New Guinea. It is attested from only a short word list, which include many loans from Foia Foia.[2]

Locations

According to Flint (1919: 96), from which the only existing word list of Karami is available, Karami was spoken in the villages of Kikimairi and Aduahai, both located near Daru Station, "on the right-hand side (in the bush) of left branch of the Turama River, Western Division, Papua."[3]

Classification

Although Franklin (1968; 1973: 269-273) classifies Karami as an Inland Gulf language,[4][5] Usher and Suter (2015: 125) do not consider it to be part of the Anim languages, noting that there are many loanwords from Foia Foia.[6]

Pawley and Hammarström (2018) treat Karami as a 'language isolate', though this is the wording used for languages that are not easily classified.[7]

Vocabulary

Below is the word list of Karami from Flint (1919), which was recorded on October 12, 1917.[3]

glossKarami
sunaimea
moonkuwiri
starbube
windurama
raindarepu
nightduruki
landborti
stoneagabu
hilldarai
waterauwo
riverdupa
firemavio
womankipa
mansor
childkikiwea
fathertore
mothertukini
wifekipa
friendmabukari
chiefnaramuabera
sorcereradura
bloodtoki
bonegoni
skinkebora
hairepurupa
faceosomi
earkuse
eyeepegu
lipmagita
mouthmagetia
nosewodi
tonguemuta
neckdogodi
toothsaku
armsibu
shoulderbinahiwe
elbowpo
fingerkimarari
thumbtugeti
finger (1st-4th)kimarari
handsimai-a
legauni
footmea
bellyniro
breastbodoro
nipplekino
naveldumu
piggiromoi
dogkso
wallabyteberi
ratsuma
birdkaimo
cassowarykoibo
fowlbeia
crocodileibirai
hornbillkube-i
snakewositari
fishmini
lousesugani
mosquitokieono
forestgamai-i
treesumari
sagoasiba
bananaimara
sugarcaneamoro
yamkusu
sweet potatoori
taroorpuo
bamboobira
tobaccowarariga
villagekuni
houseogota
pathige
canoegipainoe
paddlesitara
bowtiri
arrowbira
shieldsiwi
nowote
twokipainoe
onebotie
threekipai-ia
fourmosokoto
fivetuporo
sevendiri
eightma
nineta-o
tentaura
twentymagagai
Itorgue
thoukuria

References

  1. Karami language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. Usher, Timothy. Inland Gulf family. New Guinea World.
  3. 1 2 Flint, L. A. 1919. Vocabularies: Daru station, Western Division. Papua. Annual Report for the Year 1917‒18, 96. The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia.
  4. Franklin, Karl J. 1968. Languages of the Gulf District: A preview. Papers in New Guinea Linguistics 8:17‒44. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
  5. Franklin, Karl J. 1973. Other language groups in the Gulf District and adjacent areas. In The linguistic situation in the Gulf District and adjacent areas, Papua New Guinea, ed. by Karl J. Franklin, 263‒77. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
  6. Timothy Usher and Edgar Suter (2015) "The Anim Languages of Southern New Guinea". Oceanic Linguistics 54:110–142
  7. Pawley, Andrew; Hammarström, Harald (2018). "The Trans New Guinea family". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 21–196. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
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