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Kunjen, or Uw, is a Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Uw Oykangand people, Uw Olkola, and related peoples. It is closely related to Kuuk Thaayorre, and perhaps Kuuk Yak. Two of its dialects, Uw Olkola (Olgolo) and Uw Oykangand (Koko Wanggara), are very close, being mutually intelligible and sharing 97% of their core vocabulary.〔(Description of the languages Uw Olkola and Uw Oykangand )〕 Another two, Ogh-Undjan and Kawarrangg, are also close, but somewhat more distant from the first pair. Kokinj (Kokiny) is a subdialect of Ogh-Undjan. ''Glottolog'' reports a variety Athima, but this is not documented at AIATSIS. Below is a table showing the mutual intelligibility in vocabulary between the Kunjen dialects, based on a list of 100 basic words. A small dictionary of Kunjen has been compiled by Philip Hamilton.〔(Uw Oykangand and Uw Olkola wordlist )〕 == Respect register == As in many other Australian languages, such as Dyirbal, Kunjen also has a respect register, which is a polite way of speaking with a potential mother-in-law and is called ''Olkel-Ilmbanhthi''. Most of the vocabulary is replaced, while affixes and function words are kept. The sentence below is in normal Uw Oykangand: : Alka-nhdh idu-rr ay : ''spear''- ''spear''- ''I'' : ''"I speared it with a spear"'' The equivalent in ''Olkel-Ilmbanhthi'' is: : Udnga-nhdh yanganyunyja-rr ay : ''spear''- ''spear''- ''I'' : ''"I speared it with a spear"'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kunjen language」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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