Nukumanu language

Nukumanu
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionNukumanu
Native speakers
700 (2003)
Language codes
ISO 639-3nuq
Glottolognuku1258

Nukumanu is a Polynesian language, spoken by about 700 people on Nukumanu in the eastern islands of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the most endangered languages in the region.

Vocabulary

English-Nukumanu Vocabulary
English Nukumanu
Coconut palmníu
Breadfruit tree'úlu
Bananahŭki
Hibiscushau
Sugar canekólo
Treenáku
Yamsŭhi
A large red berry with no corepuáta
A type of fruit with a hard shelltóno
A type of hardwood shrubheníe
Red (colour)má
Green (colour)eúli
Dark (as in deep water/far away)upála

References

  1. ↑ Nukumanu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Marck, Jeff (2000), Topics in Polynesian languages and culture history. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics
  3. ↑ Robert Blust (2013). The Austronesian languages. Asia-Pacific Linguistics, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University. hdl:1885/10191. ISBN 9781922185075.
  4. ↑ Ergebnisse der Südsee-Expedition, 1908-1910. Hamburg: L. Friederichsen. 1914. pp. 31, 51. OCLC 13389966.

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