Tuamotuan
Tuamotuan is an Austronesian language spoken in French Polynesia, by about 15 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Tuamotuan, Pa’umotu or Paumotu (Tuamotuan: Reo Pa’umotu or Reko Pa’umotu) is a Polynesian language spoken by 4,000 people in the Tuamotu archipelago, with an additional 2,000 speakers in Tahiti.
The Pa‘umotu people today refer to their islands as Tuamotu while referring to themselves and their language as Pa‘umotu (or Paumotu). Pa‘umotu is one of six Polynesian languages spoken in French Polynesia, the other five languages being Tahitian, Marquesan, Mangarevan, Rapa, and Austral.
The Pa‘umotu alphabet is based on the Latin script.
From Wikipedia · Tuamotuan language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Tuamotuan
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | morire | |
| person | taNata* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | tariNa* | |
| nose | ihu* | |
| tongue | arero* | |
| hand | kauata* | |
| blood | puhiri* | |
| bone | ivi* | |
| skin | NoreNore* | |
| knee | fatiNa* | |
| breast | apoNa* | |
| water | kami* | |
| fire | ahi* | |
| sun | ra* | |
| star | heko* | |
| stone | pofatu* | |
| leaf | fa* | |
| night | ruki* | |
| dog | Naeke* | |
| fish | huraru* | |
| horse | puarenua | |
| louse | Nutu* | |
| one | kahi* | |
| two | kite* | |
| I | vau* | |
| you | koe* | |
| drink | inu* | |
| die | hiNa* | |
| come | fakaketa* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- MāngarongaroAustronesian52% alike
- MāoriAustronesian44% alike
- TikopiaAustronesian42% alike
- SikaianaAustronesian42% alike
- KapingamarangiAustronesian41% alike
- LuangiuaAustronesian41% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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