Tambotalo
Tambotalo is an Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Tambotalo, or Biliru, is a nearly extinct Oceanic language spoken in a single village in the southeast of Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu.
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Words in Tambotalo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tuai* | |
| name | so* | |
| eye | neto* | |
| ear | poro* | |
| nose | kalsu* | |
| tooth | undru* | |
| tongue | nene* | |
| hand | faraNo* | |
| bone | ndrakari* | |
| skin | huru* | |
| knee | pau* | |
| breast | susu* | |
| liver | mambe* | |
| water | sebua* | |
| fire | hambua* | |
| sun | natamasoa* | |
| star | 8itua* | |
| stone | ndrila* | |
| mountain | liua* | |
| tree | ndrehaea* | |
| leaf | rau* | |
| night | talemboN* | |
| dog | biriua* | |
| fish | nacisebua* | |
| louse | hutua* | |
| one | kese* | |
| two | ru* | |
| I | ina* | |
| you | iko* | |
| we | indra* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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