Port Sandwich
Port Sandwich is an Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Port Sandwich, or Lamap, is an Oceanic language spoken in southeast Malakula, Vanuatu, on the eastern tip of the island. It was first described in 1979 by French linguist Jean-Michel Charpentier.
Nisvai is a separate language.
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Words in Port Sandwich
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | xaracika* | |
| name | xisa* | |
| eye | mara* | |
| ear | ndariNa* | |
| nose | Nunusa* | |
| tooth | riba* | |
| tongue | memE* | |
| hand | bea* | |
| blood | ndre* | |
| bone | mbulembul* | |
| skin | ruxer* | |
| knee | kumbukumb* | |
| breast | susu* | |
| liver | mwamw* | |
| fire | xamb* | |
| sun | mariE* | |
| star | mwaCoi* | |
| stone | bar* | |
| mountain | buxux* | |
| tree | xai* | |
| leaf | kai* | |
| night | l3mariN* | |
| dog | lipax* | |
| fish | ix* | |
| louse | xur* | |
| one | cika* | |
| I | inau* | |
| you | xaiN* | |
| we | ndrate* | |
| drink | risi* |
* 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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