Pwapwa
Pwapwa is an Austronesian language spoken in New Caledonia. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Pwapwa (also known as Poapoa or Neukaledonien) is a nearly extinct New Caledonian language of New Caledonia, in the commune of Voh.
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Words in Pwapwa
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | kacenek* | |
| eye | hpimae* | |
| ear | yene* | |
| nose | gadi* | |
| tooth | patue* | |
| tongue | kuphmo* | |
| blood | kuta* | |
| knee | gwayili* | |
| breast | thi* | |
| liver | kei* | |
| water | we* | |
| fire | 8oc* | |
| sun | kat* | |
| star | piuk* | |
| stone | paik* | |
| mountain | yuet* | |
| tree | cacec* | |
| leaf | don* | |
| night | gwen* | |
| dog | kaha5* | |
| fish | nuk* | |
| one | cac* | |
| two | celuk* | |
| I | doN* | |
| you | yo* | |
| we | ye* | |
| drink | kuduk* | |
| see | not* | |
| hear | tena* | |
| come | xeme* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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