Kaina Ke
The main places in Kaina Ke are Ambene, Sisireta, Waju, Sengi, Kebara, Kamondo, Perive, Kanandara, Kokoda, Saga, Botue and Amada. Everyone listed all these places except Sisireta, which Perive listed as
being a Hunjara village. Generally there are not seen to be dialects within Kaina Ke. In Waju it was reported that Ambene,
Sisireta and Waju mix some Hunjara with Kaina Ke,
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although they said Sisireta speak a little differently to Ambene and Waju. Other villages within Kaina Ke did not make this distinction and saw everyone
within Kaina Ke as speaking exactly the same. Everyone gave the name Kaina Ke for the way they speak. Everyone reported that Hunjara was a
different dialect of the same language. There was no name given to cover Hunjara and Kaina Ke together. In all villages but Perive, Orokaiva was considered to be a different language. In Perive, it was
reported that Kaina Ke is a dialect of Orokaiva along with Hunjara. The name Orokaiva was given to cover everyone.
To summarise, the general consensus within Kaina is that Hunjara and Kaina Ke are the same language, distinct from Orokaiva. Kaina Ke and Hunjara are separate dialects.
7.2 Lexical similarity
7.2.1 Between Hunjara and Kaina Ke villages
Results Table 26 is a percentage matrix of similar forms of the words compared between the six Hunjara
and five Kaina Ke villages where wordlists were elicited. Table 26. Lexical similarity between Hunjara and Kaina Ke villages
Sairope-Hunjara 96
Ombisusu-Hunjara 95
98 Sirorata-Hunjara 95
98 100 Papaki-Hunjara
94 98
99 99 Ilimo-Hunjara
94 98
99 99
99 Sauni-Hunjara 86
88 89
90 90
91 Waju-Kaina Ke 87
88 88
90 91
91 99 Amada-Kaina Ke
86 88
88 88
89 89
99 99 Sengi-Kaina Ke
84 85
87 88
88 88
99 98
99 Perive-Kaina Ke 85
86 86
88 88
88 96
97 97
98 Kokoda Village-Kaina Ke Interpretation
The lexicostatistical ties among all the Hunjara and among all the Kaina Ke villages are very strong. The lowest percentage between any two Hunjara villages is 94, with an average of 97 among all the
Hunjara villages. Sairope is slightly different from the other Hunjara villages with percentages between 94–96, which could indicate that it is its own dialect. This reflects some people’s feeling that people in
Sairope speak a little differently. No other Hunjara village is below 98 with any other Hunjara village.
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This was also reported in Sengi, but the people in Sengi were being influenced by a man from Waju. The surveyor conducting the group interview felt that the people in Sengi did not really see a distinction.
The reports of further dialect differences within Hunjara are not reflected in the lexicostatistics. The lowest percentage between any two Kaina Ke villages is 96, with an average of 98 among all the
Kaina Ke villages. There is no evidence lexicostatistically of dialects within Kaina Ke. There is no lexicostatistical evidence for Waju and Sengi being different to other Kaina Ke villages. Between Hunjara
and Kaina Ke the lowest percentage is 84 lexical similarity and the average between the two speech varieties is 88, which is much higher than the 70 threshold. Therefore, on a purely lexicostatistical
level, Hunjara and Kaina Ke should be considered dialects of the same language. This reflects what people reported.
7.2.2 Between Hunjara-Kaina Ke and neighbouring languages
