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Language: East Ambae (Sana)

Source/Author:  Iveth Rodriguez and Tom Ennever 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:omb  Glottocode: east2443 
Notes:  Regular ocurrence of devoiced final vowels
Speaker would often articulate the vowel but no sound was audible.
Open vowel prominence (when compared to other Ambae languages) 
Data Entry:  Typed By:  Checked By: Mary Walworth 
Statistics:   
Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:North and Central Vanuatu:Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands:East Vanuatu  
Map  Sorry, no map co-ordinates found for this language. 

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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
175 above namæk̚      
191 all niɛrⁿdolek      
192 and mẽ nasal vowels    
146 ash ᵑɡʷie      
173 at tak̚      
13 back word info ᵑɡuru̥   23  
165 bad, evil soᵑɡok̚      
14 belly ᵐbʷoᵐbo   100  
176 below fafæk̚      
153 big lokʷo   55  
97 bird manu̥      
147 black maɛto   1  
23 blood ⁿdaɛ      
15 bone sui   52  
113 branch word info ræŋæk̚      
18 breast sus   1  
56 child maresu̥ regular ocurrence of devoiced final vowels    
131 cloud word info ⁿdoⁿdo   90  
139 cold word info kakⁿdiⁿdĭ      
166 correct, true karʲæk      
168 day ræŋ      
10 dirty soᵑɡar   98  
96 dog wiriu   7, 77  
140 dry word info ᵑɡoru̥ devoiced final vowels    
82 dull, blunt ᵑɡʷato      
11 dust ᵑɡʷie   81  
43 ear ᵑɡʷearo̥      
119 earth/soil tano̥   1  
98 egg toli̥      
204 Eight word info kewol      
45 eye mat̚      
180 far faksaʊ [f] ~ [v] 87  
104 fat/grease ⁿdamʷɛ      
60 father tat̚      
99 feather fulu̥      
208 Fifty word info ŋoβulɣeliɛm      
143 fire æβ   1  
111 fish ɛk      
201 Five word info keliɛm      
116 flower fiɛr [f] ~ [v]    
132 fog tantan      
200 Four word info keβet̚      
117 fruit naŋʷatik̚      
164 good karɛ      
118 grass ⁿduf      
151 green ᵑɡʷaruᵑɡʷarkæk̚      
26 hair word info ɸul      
1 hand liɛm   1, 64  
184 he/she niɛ      
24 head ᵑɡʷatu̥      
142 heavy mʷaβ      
61 house ɸæl      
194 how? word info kasæk̚ unreleased final stops    
57 husband tæmenituŋ      
182 I nou   1, 21, 22  
193 if surkʷa      
174 in, inside lolã nasal vowels    
16 intestines taᵑɡʷɛŋ   1  
126 lake salɛ      
114 leaf rauk̚      
2 left maxʷir   1, 42  
4 leg/foot ᵑɡaru̥ regular ocurrence of devoiced final vowels 49  
135 lightning fʲɛl      
17 liver æt   1  
155 long word info ᵑɡʷaraβu̥      
108 louse word info kut̚   1  
54 man/male mʷear      
103 meat/flesh ᵐbik̚      
129 moon fʷol [f] ~ [v]    
109 mosquito nam   1  
59 mother risɪŋ      
30 mouth kukʷam      
63 name æs      
158 narrow taβulkʷok̚      
179 near ᵑɡæᵑɡərɛ      
25 neck ⁿdiol      
68 needle katur      
163 new ᵑɡʷarok̚      
167 night ᵐbʷoŋ      
205 Nine word info kesiok̚ unreleased final stops    
195 no, not hate   113  
27 nose ᵑɡʷaŋ   12, 53  
162 old word info malæk̚      
197 One word info kat̚wal   9  
209 One Hundred word info fuⁿdolɔ      
210 One Thousand word info terβaˀtawal      
190 other tuɛk̚ unreleased final stops    
160 painful, sick kak̚ⁿdir      
53 person/human being taŋloi      
133 rain wos      
102 rat karif      
149 red memeæk̚      
3 right matuo   5, 37  
6 road/path sal   1  
115 root kakʷarik      
65 rope karo̥      
112 rotten word info maᵐboᵐbo      
125 salt kokæ̃      
121 sand one̥      
124 sea tæs      
203 Seven word info keᵐbitu̥ devoiced final vowels    
81 sharp sʷok̚      
154 short word info ᵑɡʷiloⁿdo      
19 shoulder tieᵑɡʷɛ      
161 shy, ashamed mæmæ      
202 Six word info keõ      
12 skin finu̥ regular ocurrence of devoiced final vowels 28  
128 sky maslɛ      
128 sky makʷæ      
152 small ᵐbitᵐbit      
145 smoke word info kakasu̥      
106 snake ŋʷat̚   12  
110 spider taɣaɣ      
130 star fitiu   1  
79 stick/wood   1  
120 stone fat̚      
105 tail kolæ̃      
206 Ten word info saŋβul   5  
178 that faniŋɛ      
62 thatch/roof taᵑɡʷor      
187 they niɛr      
187 they niɛrkero du.    
157 thick word info matol      
156 thin word info manifnif   1  
177 this niŋa      
183 thou niok̚   1, 17, 18  
199 Three word info ketal      
134 thunder mantak̚      
41 to bite kætlolivom      
137 to blow word info mɔser of the wind    
137 to blow word info ufi̥ with the mouth 4, 81  
28 to breathe maᵐbu̥      
144 to burn word info kaʊ      
91 to buy fol   1  
38 to chew word info ⁿdalⁿdal      
85 to choose ⁿdɛⁿdɛk      
172 to climb word info ᵑɡalo̥      
7 to come fænɛ   1, 23  
39 to cook word info tutun      
196 to count faluo̥      
34 to cry tæŋ   1  
78 to cut, hack word info tæɪ      
75 to die, be dead mʷæt̚      
90 to dig kɛl      
50 to dream ᵐbʷoᵐbʷɛr      
40 to drink inu̥   1  
37 to eat kẽkẽʲ      
95 to fall word info sofi̥      
22 to fear matmatak̚ unreleased final stops    
123 to flow wæmosuk̚      
101 to fly rof   1  
86 to grow word info mauri̥      
44 to hear roŋe      
171 to hide word info taβunik̚      
72 to hit word info kʷes      
89 to hold word info saᵑɡoβi̥      
69 to hunt word info rukruk      
74 to kill kʷesfaɣ mat̚ unreleased final stops    
20 to know, be knowledgeable iolʲol      
33 to laugh mã:      
49 to lie down word info ɛno   1  
76 to live, be alive ŋʷasu̥      
92 to open, uncover roæ      
84 to plant rifu̥ [f] ~ [v]    
93 to pound, beat word info ⁿdʳiⁿdʳin      
64 to say fitiɛ [f] ~ [v]    
77 to scratch word info tæᵑɡær      
46 to see leo   14  
67 to sew word info tur      
70 to shoot word info fɛ̃:      
51 to sit tak̚      
48 to sleep matur   1  
29 to sniff, smell ᵐburoŋ      
36 to spit lɔⁿdo      
80 to split word info tæⁿdær      
88 to squeeze word info kʷɔr      
71 to stab, pierce tisu̥      
52 to stand tu: noticeable vowel lenghthening    
73 to steal ᵐbalu̥      
42 to suck rim      
87 to swell word info luluoŋ      
9 to swim kakaro   5  
21 to think lanlaⁿdo̥      
94 to throw word info tuliɛ      
66 to tie up, fasten wet̚ unreleased final stops    
8 to turn word info tuⁿdori̥      
35 to vomit luoˀ      
5 to walk ⁿdiɛk   99  
83 to work word info ᵐbɔlʊk̚      
47 to yawn mamao      
32 tongue meam      
31 tooth liof      
207 Twenty word info ŋoβulɣero      
198 Two word info kero      
138 warm word info ŋʷoŋʷɛf      
122 water word info      
185 we word info kiɛt pl. incl.    
185 we word info kæmɛ pl. excl.    
185 we word info kitoro̥ dl. incl.    
185 we word info kamaru̥ dl. excl.    
141 wet mimiek̚ unreleased final stops    
188 what? word info saβæk̚   1  
170 when? word info saftaro      
181 where? word info nilo      
148 white maβutek̚      
189 who? word info sĩã      
159 wide lakʷɛk      
58 wife tuᵐbulovaleŋ      
136 wind læŋ   1, 77  
100 wing ᵐbaɪŋsĩ   2  
55 woman/female fafĩ      
127 woods/forest laᵐbʷotfʷõ      
107 worm (earthworm) nʷof      
169 year suɣʷaʊ      
150 yellow aŋokæk̚   9  
186 you kimiu dl. x  
186 you kimiru̥ pl. 1, 13  

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