Avava
Avava is an Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Avava (Navava), also known as Katbol, Tembimbe-Katbol, or Bangsa' is an Oceanic language of central Malekula, Vanuatu. It has nasalized fricatives and a bilabial trill.
The four Avava-speaking villages speak or spoke, distinct dialects. Timbembe and Nevaar (Nɨviar) are still spoken. The Nivat (Nevat) and Bangasa (Umbrul) dialects are extinct. Bangasa/Bangsa', or more correctly Bangasak, was known as Numbuwul by its neighbors to the north; the endonym is Umbbuul [(u)ᵐʙuːl].
From Wikipedia · Avava language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Avava
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | eisa* | |
| eye | meta* | |
| ear | ndeliNa* | |
| nose | onos* | |
| tooth | borox* | |
| tongue | leme* | |
| hand | bera* | |
| blood | ndre* | |
| bone | mboloknan* | |
| skin | ipnunan* | |
| knee | mbau* | |
| breast | six* | |
| liver | mambwiy3rax* | |
| water | owe | |
| fire | amp* | |
| sun | enal* | |
| star | bw3nmwese* | |
| stone | bat* | |
| mountain | mbweterin* | |
| tree | Ngai* | |
| leaf | run* | |
| night | lupat* | |
| dog | kambwir* | |
| fish | iki* | |
| louse | ut* | |
| one | sapm* | |
| two | ru* | |
| I | nai* | |
| you | oN* | |
| we | aNgit* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Glottolog · katb1237 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · tmb