Loniu
Loniu is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Loniu is an Austronesian language spoken along the southern coast of Los Negros Island in the Manus Province, immediately east of Manus Island in Manus Province, Papua New Guinea. Loniu is spoken in the villages of Loniu and Lolak, and there are estimated to be 450–500 native speakers, although some live in other Manus villages or on the mainland of Papua New Guinea.
Loniu generally fits with most of the observations made about Oceanic languages, specifically the Admiralty Islands languages. The six morphosyntactic features of 'Type B' Oceanic Languages (which include the Admiralties languages) as noted by Ross are found in Loniu. The language is essentially SVO and contains prepositions.
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Words in Loniu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | pihin | |
| person | amat* | |
| name | Na7a* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | poteleNa* | |
| nose | po7oNo* | |
| tooth | lehe* | |
| tongue | palake7eme* | |
| hand | nime* | |
| blood | eye* | |
| bone | piti7o* | |
| skin | ma7a* | |
| breast | susu* | |
| liver | pusasa* | |
| water | an | |
| fire | mwan* | |
| star | piti* | |
| stone | pat* | |
| leaf | lo7o* | |
| night | peN* | |
| dog | mwi* | |
| fish | ni* | |
| louse | kut* | |
| one | sih* | |
| two | uoh* | |
| I | yu* | |
| you | wow* | |
| we | Titu* | |
| drink | in* | |
| see | ele7ey* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
Grammar
- Kele (Papua New Guinea)Austronesian88% alike
- LovonoAustronesian87% alike
- TanemaAustronesian87% alike
- Lele (Papua New Guinea)Austronesian86% alike
- KaulongAustronesian86% alike
- Geser-GoromAustronesian85% alike
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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