Vangunu
Vangunu is an Austronesian language spoken in Solomon Islands, by about 910 people.
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Vangunu is an Oceanic language spoken by about 900 people on Vangunu Island, Solomon Islands. Speakers of Vangunu also use the closely related Marovo.
From Wikipedia · Vangunu language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Vangunu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ikana* | |
| name | xilaxila* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | taliNi* | |
| nose | izu* | |
| tooth | livo* | |
| tongue | mea* | |
| hand | lima* | |
| blood | njuka* | |
| bone | zuzuri* | |
| skin | kakaputu* | |
| breast | navoro* | |
| liver | kola* | |
| water | kavo* | |
| fire | ndevuru* | |
| star | seru* | |
| stone | patu* | |
| leaf | zazairi* | |
| night | mboNipapauku* | |
| dog | sie* | |
| fish | ixana* | |
| louse | hutu* | |
| one | mEka* | |
| two | karua* | |
| I | ra* | |
| you | ho* | |
| we | hita* | |
| drink | mbei* | |
| see | ome* | |
| hear | lEmono* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Glottolog · vang1243 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · mpr