Mussau
Mussau-Emira
Austronesian
Mussau-Emira is an Oceanic Austronesian language of the Mussau-Emira subgroup, spoken on the St Matthias Group islands north of New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea. The St Matthias Group consists of Mussau (the larger island, ~5,000 inhabitants) and Emira (smaller, ~500 inhabitants), plus some smaller atolls. Linguistically, Mussau-Emira is interesting for its highly conservative phonology — it preserves Proto-Oceanic features lost in most Western Oceanic languages, including a 5-vowel system with no length distinction, simple consonant inventory, and SVO constituent order with classical Oceanic person-marking on verbs. SIL Bible translation work since the 1970s produced the New Testament (1995) and standardized Mussau orthography.
Wo es gesprochen wird
20 Kernwörter in Mussau-Emira
Wasser
eai
/eai/
Feuer
kapok
/kapok/
Sonne
ariu
/aɾiu/
Mond
malam
/malam/
Mutter
nia
/nia/
Vater
tama
/tama/
Essen
anu
/anu/
Trinken
inum
/inum/
Liebe
talimi
/talimi/
Herz
lalota
/lalota/
Baum
rikei
/ɾikei/
Haus
ulemi
/ulemi/
Hund
kovur
/kovuɾ/
Katze
busi
/busi/
Hand
lima
/lima/
Auge
mata
/mata/
Hallo
emua
/emua/
Danke
poasi
/poasi/
Eins
esa
/esa/
Gut
rop
/ɾop/
Quellen
Wörter im Vergleich
Verglichen mit verwandten Austronesian-Sprachen
| Bedeutung | Mussau-Emira | Tokelauisch | Tuvaluisch | Puyuma | Maranao | Samoanisch | Fidschianisch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wasser | eai /eai/ | vai /vai/ | vai /vai/ | enay /enai/ | ig /iɡ/ | vai /vai/ | wai /wai/ |
| Feuer | kapok /kapok/ | afi /afi/ | afi /afi/ | apuy /apui/ | apoy /apoj/ | afi /afi/ | buka /mbuka/ |
| Sonne | ariu /aɾiu/ | la /la/ | laa /laː/ | kadaw /kadaw/ | alongan /aloŋan/ | lā /laː/ | siga /siŋa/ |
| Mond | malam /malam/ | malama /malama/ | masina /masina/ | kuwalan /kuwalan/ | bolan /bolan/ | māsina /maːsina/ | vula /βula/ |
| Mutter | nia /nia/ | matua /matua/ | maatua /maːtua/ | ina /ina/ | ina /ina/ | tinā /tinaː/ | tina /tina/ |
| Vater | tama /tama/ | tamana /tamana/ | tamana /tamana/ | ama /ama/ | ama /ama/ | tamā /tamaː/ | tama /tama/ |
| Essen | anu /anu/ | kai /kai/ | kai /kai/ | kuman /kuman/ | mangan /maŋan/ | ʻai /ʔai/ | kana /kana/ |
| Trinken | inum /inum/ | inu /inu/ | inu /inu/ | enpa /enpa/ | minom /minom/ | inu /inu/ | gunu /ŋunu/ |
| Liebe | talimi /talimi/ | alofa /alofa/ | alofa /alofa/ | ulaw /ulaw/ | kalimo /kalimo/ | alofa /alofa/ | loloma /loloma/ |
| Herz | lalota /lalota/ | fatu /fatu/ | fatu /fatu/ | kalumetan /kalumetan/ | pusoʔ /pusoʔ/ | loto /loto/ | uto /uto/ |
| Baum | rikei /ɾikei/ | lakau /lakau/ | laakau /laːkau/ | kawi /kawi/ | kayo /kajo/ | laʻau /laʔau/ | kau /kau/ |
| Haus | ulemi /ulemi/ | fale /fale/ | fale /fale/ | ruma /ɾuma/ | walay /walaj/ | fale /fale/ | vale /βale/ |
| Hund | kovur /kovuɾ/ | kuli /kuli/ | kuli /kuli/ | suwan /suwan/ | aso /aso/ | maile /maile/ | koli /koli/ |
| Katze | busi /busi/ | pusi /pusi/ | pusi /pusi/ | kating /katiŋ/ | pusa /pusa/ | pusi /pusi/ | pusi /pusi/ |
| Hand | lima /lima/ | lima /lima/ | lima /lima/ | lima /lima/ | lima /lima/ | lima /lima/ | liga /liŋa/ |
| Auge | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ |
| Hallo | emua /emua/ | malo ni /malo ni/ | taalofa /taːlofa/ | marayas /maɾajas/ | kapian /kapijan/ | talofa /talofa/ | bula /mbula/ |
| Danke | poasi /poasi/ | fakafetai /fakafetai/ | fakafetai /fakafetai/ | kasapakan /kasapakan/ | salamat /salamat/ | faʻafetai /faʔafetai/ | vinaka /βinaka/ |
| Eins | esa /esa/ | tahi /tahi/ | tasi /tasi/ | sa /sa/ | isa /isa/ | tasi /tasi/ | dua /ndua/ |
| Gut | rop /ɾop/ | lelei /lelei/ | lei /lei/ | mauruway /mauɾuwai/ | mapia /mapija/ | lelei /lelei/ | vinaka /βinaka/ |
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