Nukumanu | |
States: | Papua New Guinea |
Region: | Nukumanu |
Speakers: | 700 |
Date: | 2003 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Austronesian |
Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
Fam3: | Oceanic |
Fam4: | Polynesian |
Fam5: | Ellicean |
Iso3: | nuq |
Glotto: | nuku1258 |
Glottorefname: | Nukumanu |
Nukumanu is a Polynesian language, spoken by about 700 people on Nukumanu in the eastern islands of Papua New Guinea.[1] It is one of the most endangered languages in the region.[2]
Coconut palm | nίu | |
Breadfruit tree | 'úlu | |
Banana | hŭki | |
Hibiscus | hau | |
Sugar cane | kólo | |
Tree | náku | |
Yams | ŭhi | |
A large red berry with no core | puáta | |
A type of fruit with a hard shell | tóno | |
A type of hardwood shrub | heníe | |
Red (colour) | má | |
Green (colour) | eúli | |
Dark (as in deep water/far away) | upála |