Lakon
Lakon is an Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Lakon is an Oceanic language, spoken on the west coast of Gaua island in Vanuatu.
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Words in Lakon
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tratrun* | |
| name | haha* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | dreleNa* | |
| nose | matu* | |
| tooth | lubo* | |
| tongue | xamrea* | |
| hand | lima* | |
| blood | drari* | |
| bone | suri* | |
| skin | binepe* | |
| knee | huhukwau* | |
| breast | huhu* | |
| liver | bari* | |
| water | tuN* | |
| fire | eb* | |
| sun | alo* | |
| star | mahe* | |
| stone | bat* | |
| mountain | tau* | |
| tree | raxe* | |
| leaf | dradraxe* | |
| night | kweN* | |
| fish | meh* | |
| louse | wut* | |
| one | tuwa* | |
| two | ru* | |
| I | na* | |
| you | nek* | |
| we | xidr* |
* 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 · lako1245 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · lkn