Lehalurup
Lehalurup is an Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Löyöp [løjøp] (formerly known as Lehalurup) is an Oceanic language spoken by about 240 people, on the east coast of Ureparapara Island in the Banks Islands of Vanuatu. It is distinct from Lehali, the language spoken on the west coast of the same island.
The language was originally native to the Rowa Islands, having been brought to Ureparapara around the 1930s when a tsunami struck the Reef Islands and forced the speakers to relocate.
It is considered a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
From Wikipedia · Löyöp language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Lehalurup
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | at* | |
| name | sE* | |
| eye | mECE* | |
| ear | ndElnE* | |
| nose | mindi* | |
| tooth | lowo* | |
| tongue | xaime* | |
| hand | pene* | |
| blood | ndai* | |
| bone | siyE* | |
| skin | binCaipe* | |
| knee | kwE* | |
| breast | sisyE* | |
| liver | baiyE* | |
| water | pe* | |
| fire | ep* | |
| sun | lE* | |
| star | biCi* | |
| stone | bet* | |
| mountain | tou* | |
| tree | Cenxe* | |
| leaf | ndE* | |
| night | kpwoN* | |
| fish | ye* | |
| louse | wut* | |
| one | Cuwa* | |
| two | yu* | |
| I | inE* | |
| you | iniN* | |
| we | yen* |
* 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
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