Malua-Tepërav
Malua-Tepërav is an Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu, by about 600 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Malua Bay (also called Middle Nambas) is an Oceanic language spoken in northwest Malekula, Vanuatu. It has two main dialects: one spoken in Malua Bay and the other spoken in Espiegles Bay.
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Words in Malua-Tepërav
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | moro* | |
| name | Nse* | |
| eye | mte* | |
| ear | mboro* | |
| nose | ng3s3* | |
| tooth | luwo* | |
| tongue | meme* | |
| hand | bre* | |
| blood | nre* | |
| bone | ji* | |
| skin | blopak3* | |
| breast | suse* | |
| water | wa* | |
| fire | xam* | |
| sun | al* | |
| star | w3wor* | |
| stone | bat* | |
| mountain | b3N* | |
| tree | xa* | |
| leaf | roxo* | |
| night | lemalek* | |
| dog | xuli* | |
| fish | mac* | |
| louse | xit* | |
| one | s3xal* | |
| two | ru* | |
| I | xunu* | |
| you | nox* | |
| we | nak3r* | |
| drink | min* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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