Vao-Vovo
Vao-Vovo is an Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Vao is an Austronesian language of the Oceanic branch spoken by about 1,900 people on Vao Island and on the nearby shores of Malakula Island, Vanuatu.
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Words in Vao-Vovo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tamalo* | |
| name | mexa* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | mbororo* | |
| nose | Noh3ri* | |
| tooth | uru* | |
| tongue | memE* | |
| hand | nima* | |
| blood | reu* | |
| bone | hu* | |
| skin | bulbulu* | |
| knee | mbau* | |
| breast | huhu* | |
| liver | mbembeu* | |
| fire | xamb* | |
| sun | al* | |
| star | vut* | |
| stone | vat* | |
| mountain | but* | |
| tree | xe* | |
| leaf | roxoine* | |
| night | utamboN* | |
| dog | biri* | |
| fish | mas* | |
| louse | xut* | |
| one | xete* | |
| two | ru* | |
| I | ina* | |
| you | inixo* | |
| we | xireselex* |
* 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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Elsewhere
Glottolog · vaoo1237 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · vao