Kis
Facts
- Language: Kis
- Alternate names:
- Language code: kis
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic linkage, North New Guinea linkage, Schouten linkage, Kairiru-Manam, Manamic linkage, Kis-Wogeo
- Number of speakers: 220
- Vulnerability: Endangered [Read more...]
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Kis is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in East Sepik Province, south southeast of Samap, inland from the coast.
The Kis Verb
Verblist
- [a]kəti -- to bite
- an -- to eat
- iya -- to suck
- kei -- to walk
- kwuŋiya -- to drink
- may, me -- to come
- miya posu -- to sit
- raigwa -- to stand
- raŋaŋa -- to hear
- re -- to see
- rimu, sapa -- to say
- se -- to hit
- wena -- to sleep
- yime -- to die, be dead
- yuwani -- to cook