Ninde
Ninde is an Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Ninde, or Labo (also Nide, Meaun, Mewun), is an Oceanic language spoken by about 1,100 people in the Southwest Bay area of Malekula island, in Vanuatu.
One unusual feature is that it has both a voiced and a voiceless bilabial trill.
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Words in Ninde
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nimkut* | |
| name | kia* | |
| eye | meta* | |
| ear | ntliNa* | |
| nose | Nguna* | |
| tooth | mp3xya* | |
| tongue | lima* | |
| hand | baxa* | |
| blood | rena* | |
| bone | mbo8oNgo* | |
| skin | womite* | |
| knee | mbuku* | |
| breast | mwomwa* | |
| liver | mpupuna* | |
| water | woi* | |
| fire | mbiah* | |
| sun | mitna8e* | |
| star | nmusi* | |
| stone | bet* | |
| mountain | xku* | |
| leaf | woxo* | |
| night | libete* | |
| dog | kapw3x* | |
| fish | mya8e* | |
| louse | Ngut* | |
| one | se* | |
| two | xowo* | |
| I | kina* | |
| you | nuNk* | |
| we | kite* |
* 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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