Vamale
Vamale is an Austronesian language spoken in New Caledonia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Vamale (Pamale) is a Kanak language of northern New Caledonia. The Hmwaeke dialect, spoken in Tiéta, is fusing with Haveke and nearly extinct. Vamale is nowadays spoken in Tiendanite (called "Usa Vamale"), We Hava, Téganpaïk and Tiouandé. It was spoken in the Pamale valley and its tributaries Vawe and Usa until the colonial war of 1917, when its speakers were displaced.
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Words in Vamale
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | apulinea* | |
| eye | 5aneman* | |
| ear | yena* | |
| nose | hpoadi* | |
| tooth | vasivoa* | |
| tongue | uhpa* | |
| blood | fedala* | |
| knee | bucilaxa* | |
| breast | thi* | |
| liver | xi* | |
| water | we | |
| fire | mae* | |
| sun | xat* | |
| star | xahputhin* | |
| stone | vai* | |
| mountain | yuat* | |
| tree | ceye* | |
| leaf | don* | |
| night | boen* | |
| dog | xawakan* | |
| fish | 5u* | |
| one | se* | |
| two | talo* | |
| I | yo* | |
| you | go* | |
| we | ga* | |
| drink | audu* | |
| see | xaleke* | |
| hear | tina* | |
| come | ham* |
* 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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