Kaure is a Papuan language of West Papua. It is spoken in the villages of Lereh, Harna, Wes, Masta, and Aurina.[2][3]

Kaure
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Papua: Aurina, Harna, Lereh, Masta, and Wes villages on the Nawa River
Native speakers	(450 cited 1995)[1]
Language family	Kaure–Kosare Kaure
Dialects	Narau
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bpp
Glottolog	kaur1271
ELP	Kaure Narau
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

Narau is either a dialect or a closely related language. It is known from a short word list in Giël (1959).[4] Texts include Auri et al. (1991).[5]

Phonology

Consonants

The Kaure consonants are:[6]^: 456

Vowels

The Kaure vowels are:[6]^: 456

Tone

Like the Lakes Plain languages, Kaure is a tonal language. There are two tones, namely high and low.[6]^: 456

Monosyllabic minimal pairs showing phonemic tone contrast include:

• tái ‘footprint’, tài ‘sago’
• pí ‘boil’, pì ‘pig’
• hín ‘limbum wood’, hìn ‘blood’
• héik ‘flower’, hèik ‘snake’

In multisyllabic words, only one stressed syllable carries full tone contrasts, while the other syllables are "neutral" or toneless.[6]^: 456

Multisyllabic minimal sets include:

• káteil ‘toss it’, katéil ‘dry’, katèil ‘dry’
• nálain ‘female animal’, naláin ‘kind of root’, nalàin ‘to run off’

Pronouns

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.

Kaure pronouns listed by Foley (2018) are:[6]

	Independent	Possessive prefixes
1excl	wen	na-
1incl	nene	nene-
2	hane	ha-
3	nene	ne-

Kaure pronouns are not specified for number, just like in Nimboran.[6]

Kaure–Kapori hypothesis

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).

References

Further reading

Wiktionary has word lists at Appendix:Pauwasi word lists

• Benny Rumaropen (2006). Draft Survey Report on the Kapauri Language of Papua. SIL Electronic Survey Reports.
• Theresia Wambaliau (2006). Draft Laporan Survei pada Bahasa Kosare di Papua, Indonesia. SIL Electronic Survey Reports.
• Dommel, Peter R., Gudrun E. Dommel, Pieter Auri and Markus Pokoko. 1991. Kaure Vocabulary. Jayapura: Cooperative Program of the University of Cenderawasih and the Summer Institute of Linguistics.
• Dommel, Peter R. and Gudrun Dommel. 1993. Orang Kaure. In: Etnografi Irian Jaya: panduan sosial budaya (buku satu). 21–75. [Jayapura]: Kelompok Peneliti Etnografi Irian Jaya.
• Giël, R. 1959. Exploratie Oost-Meervlakte [Exploration of the Eastern Lakes Plain Area]. Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Ministerie van Koloniën: Kantoor Bevolkingszaken Nieuw-Guinea te Hollandia: Rapportenarchief, 1950–1962, nummer toegang 2.10.25, inventarisnummer 13. (Contains word lists of Taworta, Taria, Airo, Kaowera, Manowa (Boromesso), and Narau)

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