Nukuoro
basa de henua
Nukuoro is an Austronesian language spoken in Micronesia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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The Nukuoro language is an Ellicean language spoken by about 1,200 people on Nukuoro and Pohnpei—two islands of Pohnpei State within the Federated States of Micronesia. Nukuoro is a remote coral atoll with a population of about 150, where the primary language is Nukuoro. An additional several hundred Nukuoro speakers live in Kolonia, Pohnpei, with smaller diaspora communities elsewhere in Micronesia and in the United States. Most Nukuoro speakers, particularly those that live away from Nukuoro Atoll, are multilingual in Pohnpeian and/or English; some older Nukuoro speakers also know German or Japanese.
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Words in Nukuoro
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | hahine | |
| person | taNada* | |
| name | iNo* | |
| eye | ganomada* | |
| ear | dalinga* | |
| nose | usu* | |
| tooth | niho* | |
| tongue | alelo* | |
| hand | gubulima* | |
| blood | dodo* | |
| bone | ivi* | |
| skin | gili* | |
| liver | ade* | |
| water | vai | |
| fire | ahi* | |
| sun | la* | |
| star | hedu* | |
| stone | hadu* | |
| mountain | mouNa* | |
| leaf | lau* | |
| night | bo* | |
| dog | gandu* | |
| fish | mamu* | |
| louse | gudu* | |
| one | dahi* | |
| two | lua* | |
| I | au* | |
| you | golu* | |
| we | gimadeu* | |
| drink | unu* |
* 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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