Ghari
Ghari is an Austronesian language spoken in Solomon Islands.
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Ghari (also known as Gari, Tangarare, Sughu, and West Guadalcanal) is an Oceanic language spoken on Guadalcanal island of the Solomon Islands.
The Vaturanga dialect has been used extensively in missionary and liturgical translations, leading linguist Arthur Capell to describe it as a mission/ecclesiastical language.
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Words in Ghari
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | ndaki | |
| person | tinoni* | |
| name | soa* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | kuli* | |
| nose | isu* | |
| tooth | livo* | |
| tongue | lapi* | |
| hand | lima* | |
| blood | xambu* | |
| bone | suli* | |
| skin | kokora* | |
| breast | TuTu* | |
| liver | ate* | |
| water | ko* | |
| fire | lake* | |
| star | vetuxu* | |
| stone | vatu* | |
| leaf | rau* | |
| night | mboNi* | |
| dog | pai* | |
| fish | CeCe* | |
| louse | Nutu* | |
| one | kesa* | |
| two | ruka* | |
| I | nau* | |
| you | xoe* | |
| we | ixita* | |
| drink | inu* | |
| see | morosia* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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