Tanimbili
Tanimbili is an Austronesian language spoken in Solomon Islands. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Tanimbili (Tanibili), or Nyisunggu, is a nearly-extinct language spoken on the island of Utupua, in the easternmost province of the Solomon Islands.
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Words in Tanimbili
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | noviña | |
| person | nokunjo* | |
| name | 5oNombe* | |
| eye | namorombe* | |
| ear | mbutambe* | |
| nose | mboNo5imbe* | |
| tooth | 5imbE* | |
| tongue | namoNombE* | |
| hand | namba* | |
| blood | nambio* | |
| bone | Ngimbe* | |
| skin | kwamba* | |
| breast | no5ia* | |
| liver | pwak5a5i* | |
| water | nowio* | |
| fire | noipio* | |
| star | visuyo* | |
| stone | novoto* | |
| leaf | lumbioNgulo* | |
| night | voNombio* | |
| dog | nokuli* | |
| fish | noeNo* | |
| louse | nouto* | |
| one | suo* | |
| two | mbuyu* | |
| I | i5o* | |
| you | inu* | |
| we | si* | |
| drink | 5u* | |
| see | mondo* |
* 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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