Mota
Mota is an Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Mota is an Oceanic language spoken by about 750 people on Mota island, in the Banks Islands of Vanuatu. It is the most conservative Torres–Banks language, and the only one to keep its inherited five-vowel system intact while also preserving most final vowels.
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Words in Mota
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | vavine | |
| person | tanun* | |
| name | sasa* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | kpworo* | |
| nose | manu* | |
| tooth | liwo* | |
| tongue | xaramea* | |
| hand | pane* | |
| blood | nara* | |
| bone | suri* | |
| skin | bini* | |
| knee | kpwau* | |
| breast | susu* | |
| liver | bara* | |
| water | pei | |
| fire | ab* | |
| sun | loa* | |
| star | bisiu* | |
| stone | bat* | |
| mountain | tauwe* | |
| tree | tanxae* | |
| leaf | naui* | |
| night | kpwoN* | |
| dog | kurut* | |
| fish | ixa* | |
| louse | wut* | |
| one | tuwale* | |
| two | rua* | |
| I | inau* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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- MarovoAustronesian91% alike
- Eastern KatuAustroasiatic90% alike
- West MakianNorth Halmahera89% alike
- SikuleAustronesian88% alike
- Northern RoglaiAustronesian88% alike
- Old MalayAustronesian87% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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