Nethalp
Nethalp was an Austronesian language once spoken in Vanuatu.
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Nethalp, or Lorediakarkar, is a dormant or extinct language of the East Santo languages, a group of languages in the Austronesian family of Languages. It was spoken by an ethnic population of on Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu. It was close geographically and linguistically to the Shark Bay language.
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Words in Nethalp
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tali* | |
| name | sei* | |
| eye | na8i* | |
| ear | poro* | |
| nose | lusu* | |
| tooth | uru* | |
| tongue | nene* | |
| hand | bili* | |
| blood | re* | |
| bone | fari* | |
| skin | feri* | |
| knee | le8buNu* | |
| breast | sisi* | |
| liver | poxar* | |
| water | wa | |
| fire | Xebe* | |
| sun | ne8enmi* | |
| star | to* | |
| stone | 8ar* | |
| mountain | l3* | |
| tree | 8ia* | |
| leaf | raw3n8ia* | |
| night | m3poN* | |
| dog | pes* | |
| fish | nese* | |
| louse | fir* | |
| one | te* | |
| two | ru3* | |
| I | na* | |
| you | no* |
* 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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