Kapori language

Not to be confused with Kapore language.

Kapori (Kapauri) is a Papuan language of Pagai village in Airu District, Jayapura Regency, Papua, Indonesia.

Kapori
Kapauri
Region	Papua: Pagai village, Kamikaru and Magri hamlets on north bank of upper Idenburg River
Native speakers	200 (2006)[1]
Language family	Foja Range Kwerbic Kapauri–Sause Kapori
Language codes
ISO 639-3	khp
Glottolog	kapo1250
ELP	Kapori

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 Unpublished ms.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.