Vaeakau-Taumako
Vaeakau-Taumako is an Austronesian language spoken in Solomon Islands, by about 1,142 people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Vaeakau-Taumako (formerly known as Pileni) is a Polynesian language spoken in some of the Reef Islands as well as in the Taumako Islands (also known as the Duff Islands) in the Temotu province of Solomon Islands.
The language is spoken throughout the Taumako Islands, while in the Reef Islands, it is spoken on Aua, Matema, Nifiloli, Nupani, Nukapu, and Pileni. Speakers are thought to be descendants of people from Tuvalu.
Vaeakau-Taumako was described by linguists Even Hovdhaugen and Åshild Næss, in the form of a dictionary and a grammar.
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Words in Vaeakau-Taumako
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| man | tangata | |
| woman | hahine | |
| person | tai* | |
| name | iNoa* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | talinga | |
| nose | iu* | |
| tooth | nifo* | |
| tongue | alelo* | |
| hand | lima* | |
| blood | toto* | |
| bone | ivi* | |
| skin | paku* | |
| liver | ate* | |
| water | vai | |
| fire | keu* | |
| sun | vela* | |
| star | fetu* | |
| stone | fatu* | |
| mountain | mauNa* | |
| leaf | lau* | |
| night | po* | |
| dog | kali* | |
| fish | ika* | |
| louse | kutu* | |
| one | tai* | |
| two | lua* | |
| I | a* | |
| you | koutou* | |
| we | matou* |
* 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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