Zazao
Zazao is an Austronesian language spoken in Solomon Islands. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Zazao is an Oceanic language spoken in the Solomon Islands. Its speakers live on Santa Isabel Island. It is classified as "critically endangered" by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger, because its speakers usually speak the Cheke Holo language or the Zabana language.
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Words in Zazao
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nakoni* | |
| name | naNa* | |
| eye | natha* | |
| ear | khuli* | |
| nose | nehu* | |
| tooth | khe7i* | |
| tongue | glapi* | |
| hand | khame* | |
| blood | dadara* | |
| bone | hnuma* | |
| skin | guli* | |
| breast | su7u* | |
| liver | kekesu* | |
| water | khuma7i* | |
| fire | va7ita* | |
| star | totofra* | |
| stone | ga7ima* | |
| leaf | khala* | |
| night | hnapu* | |
| dog | hmeke* | |
| fish | hmari* | |
| louse | gutu* | |
| one | ka7isi* | |
| two | phea* | |
| I | ara* | |
| you | axo* | |
| we | xita* | |
| drink | khuma7i* | |
| see | faka* | |
| hear | fanomo* |
* 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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