Neve'ei
Neve'ei is an Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Neveʻei ([neveʔei]), also known as Vinmavis, is an Oceanic language of central Malekula, Vanuatu. There are around 500 primary speakers of Neveʻei and about 750 speakers in total.
Neveʻei was described for the first time by Jill Musgrave, in a monograph published in 2007: A grammar of Neveʻei, Vanuatu. This book is the source for the data and analyses below.
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Words in Neve'ei
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | neNkenjan* | |
| eye | meta* | |
| ear | ntlaNa* | |
| nose | anCu* | |
| tooth | lobu* | |
| tongue | leme* | |
| hand | bera* | |
| blood | nri* | |
| bone | mboloNgo* | |
| skin | bini* | |
| knee | mbolomboltno* | |
| breast | momo* | |
| water | wi* | |
| fire | am* | |
| sun | al* | |
| star | mwinci* | |
| stone | bat* | |
| mountain | mbutuan* | |
| leaf | roun* | |
| night | mbuN* | |
| dog | limbax* | |
| fish | iax* | |
| louse | at* | |
| one | sebax* | |
| two | ru* | |
| I | no* | |
| you | Ngu* | |
| we | Nget* | |
| drink | min* | |
| see | leh* |
* 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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Elsewhere
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