Ngen
Ngen is an Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Ngen, or Shark Bay, is one of the East Santo languages group of languages. It is spoken on Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu. It has about 450 speakers. It is close geographically and linguistically to the now dormant Lorediakarkar.
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Words in Ngen
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tali* | |
| name | EsE* | |
| eye | nata* | |
| ear | poro* | |
| nose | lusu* | |
| tooth | uru* | |
| tongue | nEnE* | |
| hand | pili* | |
| blood | rE* | |
| bone | bakari* | |
| skin | biri* | |
| knee | liCipu* | |
| breast | sisia* | |
| liver | pokarE* | |
| water | wa | |
| fire | hebe* | |
| sun | mi* | |
| star | ba8Er* | |
| stone | 8ar* | |
| mountain | li* | |
| tree | tia* | |
| leaf | rauntia* | |
| night | poN* | |
| dog | pEs* | |
| fish | nese* | |
| louse | bur* | |
| one | te* | |
| two | ro* | |
| 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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