Woleaian
kapetali Weleya
Woleaian is an Austronesian language spoken in Micronesia, by about 1,700 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Woleaian is the main language of the island of Woleai and surrounding smaller islands in the state of Yap of the Federated States of Micronesia. Woleaian is a Chuukic language. Within that family, its closest relative is Satawalese, with which it is largely mutually intelligible. Woleaian is spoken by approximately 1700 people. Woleai has a writing system of its own, a syllabary based on the Latin alphabet.
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Words in Woleaian
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | faifil | |
| person | yaremata* | |
| name | ita* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | talinga | |
| nose | boti* | |
| tooth | Ni* | |
| tongue | lewE* | |
| hand | gumwuSu* | |
| blood | Ca* | |
| bone | Siu* | |
| skin | gili* | |
| breast | tiutiu* | |
| liver | yasE* | |
| water | shal | |
| fire | yafi* | |
| star | fiusiu* | |
| stone | fasiu* | |
| leaf | Seo* | |
| night | boNi* | |
| dog | gelagu* | |
| fish | iga* | |
| bird | mal | |
| louse | giusiu* | |
| one | yeta* | |
| two | riuwa* | |
| I | gaNiu* | |
| you | gela* | |
| we | giSa* | |
| drink | iuliu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- SonsorolAustronesian45% alike
- CarolinianAustronesian41% alike
- PuluwateseAustronesian37% alike
- SatawaleseAustronesian36% alike
- UlithianAustronesian34% alike
- ChuukeseAustronesian33% alike
Grammar
- GilberteseAustronesian89% alike
- SonsorolAustronesian88% alike
- ChuukeseAustronesian86% alike
- MortlockeseAustronesian86% alike
- MansimHatam-Mansim86% alike
- UlithianAustronesian86% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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