Talise
Talise is an Austronesian language spoken in Solomon Islands.
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Talise is a Southeast Solomonic language native to Guadalcanal with a speaker population of roughly 13,000. While some consider Talise to be its own language, others use it as a blanket term to group the closely related dialects of Poleo, Koo, Malagheti, Moli, and Tolo. It is a branch of the Proto-Guadalcanal family, which forms part of the Southeast Solomons language group.
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Words in Talise
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | vaivine | |
| person | gare* | |
| name | asana* | |
| eye | makana* | |
| ear | kulina* | |
| nose | isuna* | |
| tooth | livona* | |
| tongue | lapina* | |
| hand | limana* | |
| blood | habu* | |
| bone | kauna* | |
| skin | hulina* | |
| knee | karokaronatuana* | |
| breast | CuCuna* | |
| liver | atena* | |
| water | kolo | |
| fire | kebe* | |
| sun | aso* | |
| star | vetuhu* | |
| stone | vatu* | |
| mountain | bobona* | |
| tree | hai* | |
| leaf | rau* | |
| night | boNgi* | |
| dog | kau* | |
| fish | hahano* | |
| louse | Ngutu* | |
| one | Cika* | |
| two | ruka* | |
| I | nau* |
* 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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