TerraverbaAn atlas of the world’s languages 简体中文 Open the atlas

North Efate

North Efate is an Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu.

See it on the globeOpen in the family tree

North Efate · 17.6°S 168.4°E

North Efate, also known as Nakanamanga or Nguna, is an Oceanic language spoken on the northern area of Efate in Vanuatu, as well as on a number of islands off the northern coast – including Nguna, and parts of Tongoa, Emae and Epi.

The population of speakers is recorded to be 9,500. This makes Nakanamanga one of the largest languages of Vanuatu, an archipelago known for having the world's highest linguistic density.

From Wikipedia · North Efate language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in North Efate

MeaningWordRomanization
womannematu
personnatamwoli*
nameNisa*
eyemata*
eardaliNa*
noseNusu*
toothpati*
tonguemena*
handaru*
bloodda*
bonebatu*
skinwili*
kneepwatua*
breastsusu*
liverdanikapu*
watervai
firekapu*
sunelo*
starmwasoe*
stonebatu*
mountaintaba*
treekau*
leafulu*
nightpwoNi*
dogkoria*
fishika*
lousekutu*
onesikai*
twodua*
Ikinau*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

Most similar languages

Vocabulary

Grammar

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

Nearby languages

Elsewhere

Something wrong here? Tell us

Glottolog · nort2836 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · llp