Anuta

Anuta is an Austronesian language spoken in Solomon Islands. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Anuta · 11.6°S 169.8°E

The Anuta language (or Anutan, locally te taranga paka-Anuta) is a Polynesian Outlier language from the island of Anuta in the Solomon Islands. It is closely related to the Tikopia language of the neighboring island of Tikopia, and it bears significant cultural influence from the island. The two languages have a high degree of mutual intelligibility, although Anutans can understand Tikopians better than the reverse.

Anuta is generally regarded as Nuclear Polynesian language, although it bears considerable Tongic influence.

In 1977, Richard Feinberg published a two-volume dictionary and basic grammar of the language.

From Wikipedia · Anuta language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Anuta

Meaning	Word	Romanization
woman	papine
person	taNata*
name	iNoa*
eye	kanoimata*
ear	tariNa*
nose	iu*
tooth	nipo*
tongue	arero*
blood	toto*
bone	ui*
skin	kiri*
knee	paturi*
breast	u*
liver	ate*
water	vai
fire	api
sun	ra*
star	petu*
stone	patu*
tree	rakau*
leaf	raurakau*
night	po*
dog	kori*
fish	ika*
one	tai*
two	rua*
I	au*
you	koe*
we	matou*
drink	inu*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

Most similar languages

Vocabulary

MāngarongaroAustronesian82% alike
TikopiaAustronesian76% alike
KapingamarangiAustronesian68% alike
EmaeAustronesian68% alike
MangarevaAustronesian67% alike
MāoriAustronesian67% alike

Grammar

TakuuAustronesian90% alike
Vaeakau-TaumakoAustronesian90% alike
East FutunaAustronesian90% alike
SikaianaAustronesian90% alike
BannoniAustronesian89% alike
TigakAustronesian88% alike

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

Nearby languages

Tikopia Tanema Teanu Mwotlap Lovono Mota Lehali Lehalurup Lemerig Vurës

Elsewhere

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