Pronunciation guide
[edit]Vowels
[edit]- A-AH
- AA-AT
- E-Ě
- I-ĒĒ
- Ǐ-Ǐ
- O-OH
- ȯ-UH
- U-ŌŌ
Consonants
[edit]- N̄-NG
- J-CH
- R-(Rolled)
Phrase list
[edit]Basics
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Common signs
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- Hello, Goodbye, Love
- Iakwe (Yokwe)
- Thank you
- Kommol
- Thank you very much
- Kommol tata
- You're welcome
- Ken jouj
- Yes
- Aet
- No
- Jab
- It's good
- Emmȯn
- It's no good.
- Enana
- It's not bad
- Ejab Nana
- It tastes good
- Enno
- You're welcome.
- Sa donu
- Food, eat
- Mȯn̄e
- Who
- Wȯ
- Where
- Ewi
- What
- Ta
- When.
- N̄aat
- Excuse me
- Jolȯk aȯ bwir
- Please give me...
- Jouj ǐm leǐtȯk
- Is there any...?
- Eor ke?
Numbers
[edit]- 1
- Juȯn
- 2
- Ruo
- 3
- Jilu
- 4
- Emen
- 5
- Lalem
- 6
- Jiljeno
- 7
- Jiljilemjuȯn
- 8
- Ralitȯk
- 9
- Ralǐmjuȯn
- 10
- Jȯn̄ol
Time
[edit]- Now
- kio
- After
- elikin
- Morning
- jibbon
- Afternoon
- elikin raeleb
- What time is it?
- Jete awa kiȯ
Duration
[edit]- Day
- ran
- Week
- macawa
- Month
- allin
- Year
- iio
Colors
[edit]- White
- mouj
- Black
- kilmej
- Gray
- uwan
- Red
- buroro
- Blue
- bolu
- Yellow
- iallo
- Green
- marroro
- Pink
- bin
- Brown
- boraun
Transportation
[edit](ialan ito-itak)
- Canoe
- tibnol
- Airplane
- balun
- Taxi
- tekji
Directions
[edit]- Left
- annin
- Rigth
- andwijmaron
- North
- ean
- south
- rak
Money
[edit]- Dollar
- tala
- How much? (cost)
- Jete wȯnan
Eating
[edit]- Bread
- bilawa
- Breadfruit
- ma
- Chicken
- bao
- Meet
- kaniok
- Butter
- bota
- Cheese
- biro in belle
- Gum (chewing)
- bwil in meme
- Lobster
- wir
- Puffer fish
- wat
- Rice
- raij
- Taro
- iieraj
- Mature coconut meat
- Waini
Drinks
[edit]- Beer
- bia
- Milk
- sucu
- Water
- Dren
- Coconut water
- Ni
Mortality
[edit]- Young
- drik
- Youth
- jodrikdrik
- Unconscious
- lotlok
- Strangle
- lukoj buru
- Suffer
- entan
- Pneumonia
- metak kat
- Poisonous
- karek
- Grief
- buromoj
- Immortal
- rien mour
- Famine
- nita
- Dizzy
- malonlon
- Dysentery
- ilokloje
- Epidemic
- mij elab
- Explode
- rub
- Evacuate
- makit jen
- Crippled
- kiro
- Danger
- uwata
- Dead/Die
- mij
- Diarrhea
- ilokloje
- Blind
- bilo
- Blister
- blok
- Blood
- botoktok
- Boil (infection)
- wot
- Capsize
- Okjak
- Alive
- mour