Duke
Duke is an Austronesian language spoken in Solomon Islands.
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Duke (Nduke, pronounced N-doo-kay) is an Oceanic language now spoken by about 3,000 people on Kolombangara island, Solomon Islands. Duke is an exonymic name (not used by speakers themselves). Endonymic names (used by the speakers themselves) are Dughore (Ndughore) and Kolei. Dughore is also a name for an area in southwest Kolombangara, Kolei is the general bilateral address term specific to Nduke. A more recent alternative name is 'Kolombangara' (after the name of the island).
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Words in Duke
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tinoni* | |
| name | isoNo* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | taliNi* | |
| nose | isu* | |
| tooth | livo* | |
| tongue | elembe* | |
| hand | hEhe* | |
| blood | oruNu* | |
| bone | humuma* | |
| skin | tutupa* | |
| breast | susu* | |
| liver | kola* | |
| water | kolo* | |
| fire | ikuhu* | |
| star | pipino* | |
| stone | patu* | |
| leaf | vuvuru* | |
| night | mboNi* | |
| dog | siki* | |
| fish | ixana* | |
| louse | xutu* | |
| one | keka* | |
| two | kori* | |
| I | rai* | |
| you | ghoi* | |
| we | xikasa* | |
| drink | mbei* | |
| see | omea* | |
| hear | lemonia* |
* 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 · duke1237 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · nke