Dixon Reef
Dixon Reef is an Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Aveteian (Dixon Reef) is a possibly extinct language of Vanuatu, presumably one of the Malekula Interior languages. In the early twentieth century it was spoken by a few families living to the north of Ninde.
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Words in Dixon Reef
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | 3mxut* | |
| name | aksi* | |
| eye | meti* | |
| ear | ndeliNi* | |
| nose | ngarsi* | |
| tooth | elbi* | |
| tongue | alemi* | |
| hand | bari* | |
| blood | 3ndreini* | |
| bone | bikai* | |
| skin | ibin3sni* | |
| knee | mbawi* | |
| breast | s3s* | |
| liver | mombrani* | |
| water | na-ua | |
| fire | kamp* | |
| sun | ale* | |
| star | eib3nb3t* | |
| stone | bat* | |
| mountain | mbotwan* | |
| leaf | araunai* | |
| night | l3bkat3* | |
| dog | mburman* | |
| fish | ika* | |
| louse | k3t* | |
| one | isua* | |
| two | rua* | |
| I | 3Ng3ne* | |
| you | aNgu* | |
| we | k3ndal* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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