Ura (Vanuatu)
Ura (Vanuatu) is an Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Ura is a moribund language of the island Erromango in Vanuatu. It was thought to be extinct, after massive depopulation of the island in the nineteenth century, until Terry Crowley identified a handful of elderly speakers in the 1990s.
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Words in Ura (Vanuatu)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | yarvin | |
| name | banyau* | |
| eye | himi* | |
| ear | ndeliNe* | |
| nose | neli* | |
| tooth | Ngibi* | |
| tongue | luame* | |
| hand | leNe* | |
| skin | xodesindan* | |
| liver | maNkilemil* | |
| water | ne | |
| fire | win* | |
| sun | maNgam* | |
| star | umse* | |
| stone | bat* | |
| mountain | unoNnambabin* | |
| leaf | mbeliNen* | |
| night | mbaluwalip* | |
| dog | dinowe* | |
| fish | umomu* | |
| louse | wit* | |
| one | netai* | |
| two | lu* | |
| I | yau* | |
| you | Nga* | |
| we | Ngis* | |
| drink | wameni* | |
| see | x3si* | |
| hear | etiNi* | |
| die | mis* |
* 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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