Kanite is a Papuan language spoken in Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, with a few thousand speakers. One of its dialects is Kagufi.
| Kanite | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Eastern Highlands Province |
Native speakers | 9,300 (2019)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kmu |
| Glottolog | kani1286 |
Grammatical summary
editKanite words are divided into three classes:[2]
- Nominal: Words in non-verb phrases with mood suffixes
- Verbal: Words in verb phrases with mood suffixes
- Auxiliary: Words with no mood suffixes
References
edit- ↑ Kanite at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ↑ Gibson & McCarthy (2002), p. 97.
Bibliography
edit- Gibson, Gwen; McCarthy, Joy (1992), Kanite Organised Phonology Data (PDF), SIL Global
- Gibson, Gwen; McCarthy, Joy (2002) [1967], Kanite Grammar Sketch (PDF), SIL Global
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