Satawalese
kepesaen Saetaewan
Satawalese is an Austronesian language spoken in Micronesia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Satawalese is a Micronesian language of the Federated States of Micronesia. It is nearly mutually intelligible with Mortlockese and Carolinian.
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Words in Satawalese
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | manewe* | |
| name | aita* | |
| eye | sapweoiun* | |
| ear | saniN* | |
| nose | pwot* | |
| tooth | Ni* | |
| tongue | new* | |
| hand | pai* | |
| blood | Ca* | |
| bone | ru* | |
| skin | kin* | |
| knee | pwiukiuwaenpirhe* | |
| breast | tiut* | |
| liver | aean* | |
| water | rhan* | |
| fire | pwun* | |
| sun | aenet* | |
| star | fiufiu* | |
| stone | fai* | |
| mountain | rhug* | |
| tree | wanwan* | |
| leaf | rheon* | |
| night | pwoN* | |
| dog | konak* | |
| fish | ig* | |
| louse | kiuw* | |
| one | ew* | |
| two | ruou* | |
| I | NaN* | |
| you | yen* |
* 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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