Dorig
Dorig is an Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Dorig (formerly called Wetamut) is a threatened Oceanic language spoken on Gaua island in Vanuatu.
The language's 300 speakers live mostly in the village of Dorig [ⁿdʊˈriɰ], on the south coast of Gaua. Smaller speaker communities can be found in the villages of Qteon (east coast) and Qtevut (west coast).
Dorig's immediate neighbours are Koro and Mwerlap.
From Wikipedia · Dorig language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Dorig
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | rqa | |
| name | s3sa* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | kpwuru* | |
| nose | mutu* | |
| tooth | lwu* | |
| tongue | mea* | |
| hand | lmu* | |
| blood | tara* | |
| bone | sri* | |
| skin | bni* | |
| knee | xertapu* | |
| breast | su* | |
| liver | kpwara* | |
| water | pe* | |
| fire | ab* | |
| sun | lo* | |
| star | btu* | |
| stone | bat* | |
| mountain | tuw* | |
| tree | raxa* | |
| leaf | drarxa* | |
| night | kpwuN* | |
| fish | mas* | |
| louse | wut* | |
| one | tuwal* | |
| two | ru* | |
| I | nE* | |
| you | nik* | |
| we | xitul* |
* 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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