Suau
Suau is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
See it on the globeOpen in the family tree
Suau, also known as Iou, is an Oceanic language spoken in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken by 6,800 people and a further 14,000 as a lingua franca.
From Wikipedia · Suau language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Suau
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | waihin | |
| person | doga* | |
| name | esa* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | bea* | |
| nose | isu* | |
| tooth | awa* | |
| tongue | memena* | |
| hand | nima* | |
| blood | osina* | |
| bone | siada* | |
| skin | opi* | |
| breast | susu* | |
| liver | ate* | |
| water | goila | |
| fire | oyagialasi* | |
| star | ipola* | |
| stone | we7u* | |
| leaf | lugu* | |
| night | maiona* | |
| dog | kedewa* | |
| fish | yama* | |
| louse | tuma* | |
| one | esega* | |
| two | labu7i* | |
| I | yau* | |
| you | oa* | |
| we | ita* | |
| drink | nom* | |
| see | ita* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · suau1242 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · swp