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Tawala

Tawala is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.

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Tawala · 10.3°S 150.6°E

Tawala is an Oceanic language of the Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken by 20,000 people who live in hamlets and small villages on the East Cape peninsula, on the shores of Milne Bay and on areas of the islands of Sideia and Basilaki. There are approximately 40 main centres of population each speaking the same dialect, although through the process of colonisation some centres have gained more prominence than others.

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Words in Tawala

MeaningWordRomanization
womanwawine
persontu*
namegowa*
eyemata*
eartaniga*
nosenio*
toothniwo*
tonguemena*
handnima*
bloodtala*
bonegeyama*
skinhini*
breastgugu*
liverate*
watergoila
firemayau*
starkipola*
stonegaima*
leaflugu*
nightmalatom*
dogkedewa*
fishiyana*
louseutu*
oneemosi*
twoluwaga*
Itau*
youtam*
wetauta*
drinkuma*
seegale*

* 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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