• Big Nambas is a synthetic, head-marking language. Nouns in Big Nambas are capable of phrasal expansion. There are three noun classes in Big Nambas: Obligatorily...
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    clothing. Two tribes on Malakula, the Big Nambas and the Smol (Small) Nambas, are named for the size of their nambas. Nambas are characteristic of central Vanuatu...
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  • Voiced linguolabial nasal (category Articles containing Big Nambas-language text)
    the intercostal muscles and abdominal muscles, as in most sounds. Big Nambas example words Big Nambas sound file List of languages with [m̼] on PHOIBLE...
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  • peptide in mammals New methylene blue, an organic staining agent Big Nambas language, ISO 639 code nmb All pages with titles containing NMB NMB48, a Japanese...
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  • The Malakula languages are a group of Central Vanuatu languages spoken on Malakula Island in central Vanuatu. Unlike some earlier classifications, linguist...
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  • Middle Nambas) is an Oceanic language spoken in northwest Malekula, Vanuatu. Paradisec has a number of collections that include Malua Bay language materials...
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  • speakers is the mountainous interior of North Central Malakula, neighbouring Big Nambas. As the Tirax speakers embraced Christianity in the early twentieth century...
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  • Lendamboi, Letemboi, or Small Nambas, is one of the Malekula Interior languages of Vanuatu. Materials on Karnai are included in the open access Arthur...
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    indoˈnesija]) is the official and national language of Indonesia. It is a standardized variety of Malay, an Austronesian language that has been used as a lingua franca...
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  • Malay: Bahasa Melayu, Jawi: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that...
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    Bunlap (section Language)
    exposed. These garments are distinct from the similar, but still differing nambas, which are worn by other indigenous peoples of Vanuatu. Villagers from Bunlap...
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  • Voiced linguolabial fricative (category Articles containing Araki-language text)
    abdominal muscles, as in most sounds. Ladefoged and Maddieson 1996, p. 19. Fox, G. (1979). "Big Nambas Grammar" (PDF). List of languages with [v̼] on PHOIBLE...
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    tə-GAH-log; [tɐˈɡaːloɡ]; Baybayin: ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the...
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    (2016) considered the Malakula languages to form a coherent group. The two tribes living on Malakula are the Big Nambas, who live in the northern area...
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    The Austronesian languages (/ˌɔːstrəˈniːʒən/) are a language family widely spoken throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia...
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  • Njav is a Malakula language of Vanuatu. There are about 10 speakers. François et al. 2015. François, Alexandre; Franjieh, Michael; Lacrampe, Sébastien;...
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  • Caluyanon is a regional Western Bisayan language spoken in the Semirara Island Group, Caluya, Antique in the Philippines. Most of its speakers use either...
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  • Kutai is a Malayic language spoken by 300,000 to 500,000 people. It is the native language of the Kutai people (Indonesian: Suku Kutai, Kutai: Urang Kutai)[what...
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  • Teor and Kur are two Austronesian language varieties of the Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian branch spoken near Kei Island, Indonesia. They are reportedly...
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    Kriol, Papuan, Broken English, Blaikman, Big Thap, Pizin, and Ailan Tok, is an English-based creole language (a variety of Pidgin English) spoken on several...
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  • pronounced [ʔoːˈlɛlo həˈvɐjʔi]) is a Polynesian language and critically endangered language of the Austronesian language family that takes its name from Hawaiʻi...
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  • of Guyana ; Republic of Suriname ; and Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Big Nambas – V'ənen Taut Spoken in: Malakula, Vanuatu Bijago – Kangaki-Kagbaaga-Kajoko...
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    The Malayic languages are a branch of the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian language family. The most prominent member is Malay, a pluricentric...
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    Cebuano (/sɛbˈwɑːnoʊ/ se-BWAH-noh) is an Austronesian language spoken in the southern Philippines. It is natively, though informally, called by its generic...
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    Atauran is an Austronesian language spoken on Atauro island and in Manatuto Municipality, East Timor. It is closely related to Wetarese and Galoli. Atauran...
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    Cham (Cham: ꨌꩌ, Jawi: چام) is a Malayo-Polynesian language of the Austronesian family, spoken by the Chams of Southeast Asia. It is spoken primarily in...
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    idioma samareño meaning Samar language) is an Austronesian language and the fifth-most-spoken native regional language of the Philippines, native to Eastern...
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    Oceanic languages. The country's three official languages are of foreign origin: English, French, and Bislama, an English-based creole language. Additional...
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    The Bisayan languages or Visayan languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages spoken in the Philippines. They are most closely related to Tagalog...
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  • Tolomako (also called Bigbay) is a language of the Oceanic subgroup of Austronesian languages. It is spoken on Santo island in Vanuatu. It distinguishes...
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