Idu,
Tawra,
Kman, and
Meyor all share a system of multiple language registers, which are (Blench 2016): • ordinary speech • speech of hunters: lexical substitution, the replacement of animal names and others by special lexical forms, and sometimes short poems • speech of priests/shamans: more complex, involving much language which is difficult to understand, and also lengthy descriptions of sacrificial animals • poetic/lyrical register (not in
Idu, but appears in
Kman) • mediation register (only in
Idu?) • babytalk register ==References==