Nengone
Nengone is an Austronesian language spoken in New Caledonia, by about 8,700 people.
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Nengone is a language of the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia.
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Words in Nengone
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | Nom* | |
| name | yel* | |
| eye | waegogo* | |
| ear | wabaiwa* | |
| nose | pied* | |
| tooth | yege* | |
| tongue | tinen* | |
| hand | nin* | |
| blood | dran* | |
| bone | dun* | |
| skin | nenun* | |
| breast | mimi* | |
| liver | at* | |
| water | köiö | |
| fire | iei* | |
| sun | du | |
| star | jekol* | |
| stone | ete* | |
| leaf | dro* | |
| night | ridri* | |
| dog | pailai* | |
| fish | wa7iE* | |
| louse | ote* | |
| one | sa | |
| two | rewE* | |
| I | inu* | |
| you | bo* | |
| we | eje* | |
| drink | kua* | |
| see | Ciule* |
* 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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Elsewhere
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