Fwâi
Fwâi is an Austronesian language spoken in New Caledonia. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Fwâi (Poai) is a Kanak language of New Caledonia, spoken in the commune of Hienghène. In 2009, there were around 1,900 speakers of Fwâi. It’s considered a vulnerable language by the UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger.
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Words in Fwâi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | kahok* | |
| name | yat* | |
| eye | thama* | |
| ear | nTena* | |
| nose | hwandi* | |
| tooth | pahwa* | |
| tongue | kuehma* | |
| hand | hi* | |
| blood | kura* | |
| bone | ndu* | |
| skin | Ti* | |
| breast | thi* | |
| liver | keT* | |
| water | we | |
| fire | yaak | |
| star | thanik* | |
| stone | paik* | |
| leaf | ndo* | |
| night | ngen* | |
| dog | Tawek* | |
| fish | nuk* | |
| louse | ciik | |
| one | heT* | |
| two | heluk* | |
| I | wo* | |
| you | ndo* | |
| we | nendu* | |
| drink | khunduk* | |
| see | hwene* | |
| hear | tena* |
* 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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