Te Reo Pukapuka
Pukapukano
Austronesian (Polynesian, Samoic-Outlier)
Pukapukan (Te Reo Pukapuka), spoken by ~2,000 people on the isolated Pukapuka Atoll in the northern Cook Islands and on nearby Nassau, is one of the most genealogically debated Polynesian languages: traditionally classed as a Samoic-Outlier yet showing East Polynesian and possibly Tokelauan substrate features, the result of pre-contact wave migrations across the central Pacific. It has typical Polynesian phonology with phonemic vowel length and glottal stop, but lexically diverges enough from Cook Islands Māori (rar) that the two are not mutually intelligible. The community is small but linguistically vital, with active orthography work since the 1990s.
Dove si parla
20 parole essenziali in Pukapukano
Acqua
wai
/wai/
Fuoco
yayi
/ˈjaji/
Sole
la
/la/
Luna
malama
/maˈlama/
Madre
mama
/ˈmama/
Padre
matua
/maˈtua/
Mangiare
kai
/kai/
Bere
inu
/ˈinu/
Amore
aloha
/aˈloha/
Cuore
loto
/ˈloto/
Albero
lākau
/laːˈkau/
Casa
wale
/ˈwale/
Cane
kulī
/kuˈliː/
Gatto
pusi
/ˈpusi/
Mano
lima
/ˈlima/
Occhio
mata
/ˈmata/
Ciao
kia orana
/kia oˈɾana/
Grazie
meitaki
/meiˈtaki/
Uno
tayi
/ˈtaji/
Buono
lelei
/leˈlei/
Fonti
- Salisbury, Mary C. (2002) A Grammar of Pukapukan. PhD thesis, University of Auckland.
- Beaglehole, Ernest & Pearl (1938) Ethnology of Pukapuka. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 150.
- Teingoa Kaina et al. (1993) Pukapukan-English Dictionary. Pukapuka Dictionary Project.
- Glottolog: Pukapukan
Parole a confronto
Confrontato con le lingue Austronesian (Polynesian, Samoic-Outlier) correlate
| Significato | Pukapukano | Wallisiano | tokelauano | Hawaiano | tuvaluano | Samoano | Tongano |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acqua | wai /wai/ | vai /vai/ | vai /vai/ | wai /wai/ | vai /vai/ | vai /vai/ | vai /vai/ |
| Fuoco | yayi /ˈjaji/ | afi /aˈfi/ | afi /afi/ | ahi /ahi/ | afi /afi/ | afi /afi/ | afi /afi/ |
| Sole | la /la/ | laʻā /laˈʔaː/ | la /la/ | lā /laː/ | laa /laː/ | lā /laː/ | laʻā /laʔaː/ |
| Luna | malama /maˈlama/ | māhina /maːˈhina/ | malama /malama/ | mahina /mɐˈhina/ | masina /masina/ | māsina /maːsina/ | māhina /maːhina/ |
| Madre | mama /ˈmama/ | faʻē /faˈʔeː/ | matua /matua/ | makuahine /makuˈahine/ | maatua /maːtua/ | tinā /tinaː/ | faʻē /faʔeː/ |
| Padre | matua /maˈtua/ | tāmai /taːˈmai/ | tamana /tamana/ | makuakāne /makuaˈkaːne/ | tamana /tamana/ | tamā /tamaː/ | tamai /tamai/ |
| Mangiare | kai /kai/ | kai /kai/ | kai /kai/ | ʻai /ʔai/ | kai /kai/ | ʻai /ʔai/ | kai /kai/ |
| Bere | inu /ˈinu/ | inu /ˈinu/ | inu /inu/ | inu /inu/ | inu /inu/ | inu /inu/ | inu /inu/ |
| Amore | aloha /aˈloha/ | ʻofa /ˈʔofa/ | alofa /alofa/ | aloha /ɐˈloha/ | alofa /alofa/ | alofa /alofa/ | ʻofa /ʔofa/ |
| Cuore | loto /ˈloto/ | mafu /ˈmafu/ | fatu /fatu/ | puʻuwai /puʔuˈwai/ | fatu /fatu/ | loto /loto/ | loto /loto/ |
| Albero | lākau /laːˈkau/ | ʻakau /ʔaˈkau/ | lakau /lakau/ | lāʻau /laːˈʔau/ | laakau /laːkau/ | laʻau /laʔau/ | ʻakau /ʔakau/ |
| Casa | wale /ˈwale/ | fale /ˈfale/ | fale /fale/ | hale /ˈhale/ | fale /fale/ | fale /fale/ | fale /fale/ |
| Cane | kulī /kuˈliː/ | kulī /kuˈliː/ | kuli /kuli/ | ʻīlio /ʔiːˈlio/ | kuli /kuli/ | maile /maile/ | kulī /kuliː/ |
| Gatto | pusi /ˈpusi/ | pusi /ˈpusi/ | pusi /pusi/ | pōpoki /ˈpoːpoki/ | pusi /pusi/ | pusi /pusi/ | pusi /pusi/ |
| Mano | lima /ˈlima/ | nima /ˈnima/ | lima /lima/ | lima /ˈlima/ | lima /lima/ | lima /lima/ | nima /nima/ |
| Occhio | mata /ˈmata/ | mata /ˈmata/ | mata /mata/ | maka /ˈmaka/ | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ |
| Ciao | kia orana /kia oˈɾana/ | mālō te maʻuli /maːloː te maˈʔuli/ | malo ni /malo ni/ | aloha /ɐˈloha/ | taalofa /taːlofa/ | talofa /talofa/ | mālō e lelei /maːloː e lelei/ |
| Grazie | meitaki /meiˈtaki/ | mālō /maːˈloː/ | fakafetai /fakafetai/ | mahalo /mɐˈhalo/ | fakafetai /fakafetai/ | faʻafetai /faʔafetai/ | mālō /maːloː/ |
| Uno | tayi /ˈtaji/ | tahi /ˈtahi/ | tahi /tahi/ | ʻekahi /ʔeˈkahi/ | tasi /tasi/ | tasi /tasi/ | taha /taha/ |
| Buono | lelei /leˈlei/ | lelei /leˈlei/ | lelei /lelei/ | maikaʻi /maiˈkaʔi/ | lei /lei/ | lelei /lelei/ | lelei /lelei/ |
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