Haeke
Haeke is an Austronesian language spoken in New Caledonia. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Haeke (’Aeke) is a divergent and nearly extinct indigenous language of New Caledonia, in the commune of Koné.
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Words in Haeke
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | xambulip* | |
| name | 8at* | |
| eye | xupin* | |
| ear | 5yenan* | |
| nose | fwandin* | |
| tooth | vaci5uan* | |
| tongue | xupha* | |
| hand | 8in* | |
| blood | fendat* | |
| bone | ndun* | |
| skin | 8in* | |
| breast | thin* | |
| liver | xin* | |
| water | we | |
| fire | mae* | |
| star | xafwethiN* | |
| stone | vai* | |
| leaf | ndon* | |
| night | bwen* | |
| dog | nyuxotap* | |
| fish | 5u* | |
| louse | 8i* | |
| one | 8aN* | |
| two | thalo* | |
| I | 8o* | |
| you | 5go* | |
| we | 5ye* | |
| drink | xundu* | |
| see | xala* | |
| hear | mecake* |
* 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 · haek1239 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · aek