Muduapa
Muduapa is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Vitu (also spelled Witu or Vittu, referred by their own speakers as pole matotota 'true speech' or pole Vitu 'Vitu speech') or Muduapa is an Oceanic language spoken by about 7,000 people on the islands northwest of the coast of West New Britain in Papua New Guinea.
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Words in Muduapa
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | tavine | |
| person | kaka* | |
| name | gida* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | taliNa* | |
| nose | gidu* | |
| tooth | gade* | |
| tongue | lave* | |
| hand | lima* | |
| blood | topo* | |
| bone | toNa* | |
| skin | livu* | |
| breast | dudu* | |
| liver | Nepe* | |
| water | naru | |
| fire | garogo* | |
| star | vitovito* | |
| stone | kendo* | |
| leaf | raurau* | |
| night | mariNo* | |
| dog | kaua* | |
| fish | giga* | |
| louse | gutu* | |
| one | kaziu* | |
| two | rua* | |
| I | gau* | |
| you | go* | |
| we | bolu* | |
| drink | ginu* | |
| see | gada* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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- LauAustronesian85% alike
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Glottolog · mudu1242 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · wiv