Hoava
Hoava is an Austronesian language spoken in Solomon Islands. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Hoava is an Oceanic language spoken by 1000–1500 people on New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands. Speakers of Hoava are multilingual and usually also speak Roviana, Marovo, Solomon Islands Pijin, English.
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Words in Hoava
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | kalaho | |
| person | nikana* | |
| name | tase* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | kukele* | |
| nose | isu* | |
| tooth | hoNgi* | |
| tongue | mea* | |
| hand | reNgu* | |
| blood | mazuka* | |
| bone | susuri* | |
| skin | kaha* | |
| breast | nunu* | |
| liver | kola* | |
| water | kuma | |
| fire | puxa* | |
| star | kokondala* | |
| stone | maxara* | |
| leaf | saerixato* | |
| night | mboNi* | |
| dog | nete* | |
| fish | ixana* | |
| louse | xutu* | |
| one | kEke* | |
| two | rua* | |
| I | rao* | |
| you | xoe* | |
| we | xita* | |
| drink | napo* | |
| see | omea* |
* 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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