Nukumanu language

{{Short description|Endangered Polynesian language of Papua New Guinea}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Nukumanu

| altname =

| 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

| image = Nukumanu STS099-725-41.jpg

| glotto = nuku1258

| glottorefname = Nukumanu

}}

Nukumanu is a Polynesian language, spoken by about 700 people on Nukumanu in the eastern islands of Papua New Guinea.Marck, Jeff (2000), Topics in Polynesian languages and culture history. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics It is one of the most endangered languages in the region.{{Cite book|author=Robert Blust|date=2013|title=The Austronesian languages|publisher=Asia-Pacific Linguistics, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University |hdl=1885/10191|isbn=9781922185075}}

Vocabulary

class="wikitable" \|+English-Nukumanu Vocabulary{{Cite book\|title=Ergebnisse der Südsee-Expedition, 1908-1910\|publisher=L. Friederichsen\|year=1914\|location=Hamburg \|pages=31, 51\|oclc=13389966}} !English !Nukumanu
Coconut palm	{{lang\|nuq\|níu}}
Breadfruit tree	{{lang\|nuq\|'úlu}}
Banana	{{lang\|nuq\|hŭki}}
Hibiscus	{{lang\|nuq\|hau}}
Sugar cane	{{lang\|nuq\|kólo}}
Tree	{{lang\|nuq\|náku}}
Yams	{{lang\|nuq\|ŭhi}}
A large red berry with no core	{{lang\|nuq\|puáta}}
A type of fruit with a hard shell	{{lang\|nuq\|tóno}}
A type of hardwood shrub	{{lang\|nuq\|heníe}}
Red (colour)	{{lang\|nuq\|má}}
Green (colour)	{{lang\|nuq\|eúli}}
Dark (as in deep water/far away)	{{lang\|nuq\|upála}}

class="wikitable" \|+English-Nukumanu Vocabulary{{Cite book\|title=Ergebnisse der Südsee-Expedition, 1908-1910\|publisher=L. Friederichsen\|year=1914\|location=Hamburg \|pages=31, 51\|oclc=13389966}} !English !Nukumanu
Coconut palm	{{lang\|nuq\|níu}}
Breadfruit tree	{{lang\|nuq\|'úlu}}
Banana	{{lang\|nuq\|hŭki}}
Hibiscus	{{lang\|nuq\|hau}}
Sugar cane	{{lang\|nuq\|kólo}}
Tree	{{lang\|nuq\|náku}}
Yams	{{lang\|nuq\|ŭhi}}
A large red berry with no core	{{lang\|nuq\|puáta}}
A type of fruit with a hard shell	{{lang\|nuq\|tóno}}
A type of hardwood shrub	{{lang\|nuq\|heníe}}
Red (colour)	{{lang\|nuq\|má}}
Green (colour)	{{lang\|nuq\|eúli}}
Dark (as in deep water/far away)	{{lang\|nuq\|upála}}

Nukumanu language

Vocabulary

References

Further reading