Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute
Kaigir (Kaygir, Kajgir,) also known as Kayagar, is spoken by 3,000 people (1971) living in 20 villages along the upper Cook, upper Peru and lower Gondu (Juliana) rivers (Voorhoeve 1971: 79-81, 1975: 366-367.)
Lommertsen (n.d.) grammar sketch of Kaygir (unobtained)
Voorhoeve (1971: 79-88) general description and (pp. 110-114) 89 comparative terms for Kaigir of Kawem village
Voorhoeve (1975: 368) sketch phonology and pronouns for Kaygir
Voorhoeve (2007) comparative vocabulary of Kayagar
Kim, Clouse and Price (1987) comparative vocabularies for Kayagar of Amyam (Jamkap,), Kawem (Puayo,) Kumeru (Kundubawa,) and Kaibu (Haibugir) (unobtained)
Clouse (n.d.) comparative vocabularies for Kayagar of Kawem and Haipogir villages provided in spreadsheet form by Paul Whitehouse via the Summer Institute of Linguistics
Kriens, Lebold and Menanti (2011: 44-51) 230 comparative terms for Kayagar of Atsipim, Okor and Tsemtaipim villages and 50 for Gairipim village
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Voorhoeve (1971: 82-85, 1975: 368) gives 11 consonants and 5 or 6 vowels for Kaigir as follows:
| m | n | ||
| p | t | k | |
| f | s | x | |
| w | r | j |
| i | u | |
| e | [ə] | o |
| a |
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Voorhoeve (1971: 85-86, 1975: 368,) following the manuscript of Lommertsen (n.d.), gives pronouns for Kaigir in five case forms as follows, with subject forms from Kriens, Lebold and Menantni (2011: 45-46) and Clouse (n.d.) presented for comparison:
| Voorhoeve | Voorhoeve | Voorhoeve | Voorhoeve | Voorhoeve | Kriens et al. | Clouse | |
| subject | emphatic | indirect object | possesive | possessed | |||
| 1 sg. | nax | nax-are | nax-eru | ø-nem naxa-nem | ø-nem-ar | dax | dax ~ dɔx |
| 2 sg. | ax | ax-are | ax-eru | a-nem | a-nem-ar | ax | ? |
| 3 sg. | ekam | ekam-are | ekam-eru | e-nem | e-nem-ar | aɣarːakʰ | ? |
| 1 pl. | nep | nep-are | nep-eru | nabo-xom no-xom | no-xom-ar | depʰ | dep |
| 2 pl. | axan | axan-are | axan-eru | axani-kim | axani-kim-ar | aɣeno | aɣan |
| 3 pl. | ene | en-are | en-eru | ene-kem | ene-kem-ar | enː | eːn |
Voorhoeve's transcriptions are phonemic; e.g. initial /n/ above is actually pronounced [d].
Comparison with possessed forms (i.e. “mine” etc.) as well as to Tamagario show first person possessives /ø-nem/, /no-xom/ to be original.
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