Duau
Duau is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Duau is a dialectically diverse Austronesian language spoken in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Duau Rural LLG.
From Wikipedia · Duau language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Duau
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | wahine | |
| person | tomotai* | |
| name | sanina* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | tena* | |
| nose | isu* | |
| tooth | tsala* | |
| tongue | memena* | |
| hand | nima* | |
| blood | bweyahina* | |
| bone | luluna* | |
| skin | kwapi* | |
| knee | kahetuhutuhu* | |
| breast | susu* | |
| liver | kate* | |
| water | bwasi | |
| fire | kaiwe* | |
| sun | sinala* | |
| star | kwajima* | |
| stone | jimwa* | |
| mountain | koya* | |
| leaf | nabana* | |
| night | nihuwana* | |
| dog | kedewa* | |
| fish | iyana* | |
| louse | kuto* | |
| one | kaigeda* | |
| two | labul* | |
| I | yau* | |
| you | kowa* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · duau1237 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · dva