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Karami language

Extinct unclassified Papuan language From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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.[3]

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Geographical distribution

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."[4]

Classification

Although Franklin (1968; 1973: 269-273) classifies Karami as an Inland Gulf language,[5][6] 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.[7]

Pawley and Hammarström (2018) treat Karami as a 'language isolate', though this is the wording used for languages that are not easily classified.[8]

Vocabulary

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Below is the word list of Karami from Flint (1919), which was recorded on October 12, 1917.[4]

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