Tikopia
Tikopia is an Austronesian language spoken in Solomon Islands, by about 3,324 people.
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The Tikopia language, or Fakatikopia, is a Polynesian Outlier language from the island of Tikopia in the Solomon Islands. It is closely related to the Anuta language of the neighboring island of Anuta; some linguists believe they are dialects of the same language.
The language is spoken by approximately 3,320 speakers, and is not considered endangered.
Tikopia was thorough described by anthropologist Raymond Firth (1901-2002).
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Words in Tikopia
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | taNata* | |
| name | igoa* | |
| ear | tariNa* | |
| nose | isu* | |
| tooth | nifo* | |
| tongue | alelo* | |
| hand | rima* | |
| blood | toto* | |
| bone | ivi* | |
| skin | kiri* | |
| liver | ate* | |
| water | vai | |
| fire | afi* | |
| star | fetu* | |
| stone | fatu* | |
| tree | rakau* | |
| leaf | rau* | |
| night | po* | |
| dog | kuri* | |
| fish | ika* | |
| louse | kutu* | |
| one | tasi* | |
| two | rua* | |
| I | kau* | |
| you | koe* | |
| we | tou* | |
| drink | inu* | |
| see | kite* | |
| hear | rogo* | |
| die | mate* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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- SikaianaAustronesian83% alike
- KapingamarangiAustronesian83% alike
- Geser-GoromAustronesian82% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · tiko1237 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · tkp