Kaki Ae language
| Kaki Ae | |
|---|---|
| Tate | |
| Region | New Guinea |
| Ethnicity | 1,280 (no date)[1] |
Native speakers | 630 (2004)[1] |
|
Unclassified; proposed links to Eleman | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
tbd |
| Glottolog |
kaki1249[2] |
Kaki Ae, or Tate, is a language with about 500 speakers, half the ethnic population, near Kerema, in Papua New Guinea.
The pronouns are:
sg pl 1 nao nu'u 2 ao ofe 3 era era-he
Kaki Ae has no distinction between /t/ and /k/. It has been proposed to be related to the Eleman languages, but the connections appear to be loans.[2]