Marovo
Marovo is an Austronesian language spoken in Solomon Islands.
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Marovo is an Austronesian language of the Solomon Islands. It is spoken in the New Georgia Group on islands in Marovo Lagoon and on the neighbouring islands of New Georgia, Vangunu and Nggatokae. The usual word order in sentences is verb–subject–object.
Names for local fauna are similar to but still much distinct from those in Roviana (and presumably other New Georgia languages).
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Words in Marovo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tinoni* | |
| name | kila* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | taliNi* | |
| nose | isu* | |
| tooth | livo* | |
| tongue | mea* | |
| hand | lima* | |
| blood | 5uka* | |
| bone | susuri* | |
| skin | korekore* | |
| breast | CuCu* | |
| liver | kola* | |
| water | kavo* | |
| fire | ikucu* | |
| star | ceru* | |
| stone | indaka* | |
| leaf | rokoroko* | |
| night | ipu* | |
| dog | cie* | |
| fish | ihana* | |
| louse | hutu* | |
| one | meka* | |
| two | karua* | |
| I | raka* | |
| you | hoi* | |
| we | hita* | |
| drink | mbei* | |
| see | omi* | |
| hear | avoso* |
* 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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