Big Nambas
Big Nambas is an Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu.
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Big Nambas, also known as Vʼënen Taut, is an Oceanic language spoken by about 3,400 people (as of 2001) in northwest Malekula, Vanuatu. Approximately nineteen villages in the Big Nambas region of the Malekula Interior use the language exclusively, with no variation in dialect. It was studied in depth over a period of about ten years by missionary Greg J. Fox, who published a grammar and dictionary in 1979. A Big Nambas translation of the Bible was recently completed by Andrew Fox.
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Words in Big Nambas
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| eye | m'ata | |
| tongue | nəm' | |
| head | pət | |
| water | nauei | |
| night | lihat | |
| dog | lip'ah | |
| fish | tilau | |
| two | iru | |
| three | itl | |
| four | iv'a | |
| five | iləm' | |
| bread | p'ret | |
| red | im'iel | |
| black | im'ət |
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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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