Proto-Polynesian language
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Proto-Polynesian is the hypothetical proto-language, from which all modern Polynesian languages descend.
| Polynesian sound correspondences | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoneme | Proto-Polynesian | Tongan | Niuean | Sāmoan | Rapa Nui | Tahitian | Māori | Rarotongan | S. Marquesan | Hawaiian | English |
| /ŋ/ | *taŋata | tangata | tangata | tagata | tangata | taʻata | tangata | tangata | ʻenata | kanaka | man |
| /s/ | *sina | hina | hina | sina | hina | hinahina | hina | ʻina | hina | grey-haired | |
| /h/ | *kanahe | kanahe | kanahe | ʻanae | ʻanae | kanae | kanae | ʻanae | mullet | ||
| /ti/ | *tiale | siale | tiale | tiale | tiare | tiare | tīare | tiare | kiele | Gardenia | |
| /k/ | *waka | vaka | vaka | vaʻa | vaka | vaʻa | waka | vaka | vaka | waʻa | canoe |
| /f/ | *fafine | fafine | fifine | fafine | hahine | vahine | wahine | vaʻine | vehine | wahine | woman |
| /ʔ/ | *matuqa[1] | motuʻa | motua | matua | matuʻa | metua | matua | metua, matua | motua | makua | parent |
| /r/ | *rua | ua | ua | lua | rua | rua[2] | rua | rua | ʻua | lua | two |
| /l/ | *tolu | tolu | tolu | tolu | toru | toru | toru | toru | toʻu | kolu | three |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Glottal stop is represented as 'q' in reconstructed Proto-Polynesian words.
- ^ Archaic: the usual word in today's Tahitian is piti, due to changes from the piʻi phenomenon, for which see the article on Tahitian language.
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Polynesian sound correspondences Phoneme Proto-Polynesian Tongan Niuean Sāmoan Rapa Nui Tahitian Māori Rarotongan S. Marquesan Hawaiian English /ŋ/ *taŋata tangata tangata tagata tangata taʻata tangata tangata ʻenata kanaka man /s/ *sina hina hina sina hina hinahina hina ʻina hina grey-haired /h/ *anae kanahe kanahe ʻanae ʻanae kanae kanae ʻanae mullet /ti/ *tiale siale tiale tiale tiare tiare tīare tiare kiele Gardenia /k/ *va'a vaka vaka vaʻa vaka vaʻa waka vaka vaka waʻa canoe /f/ *fafine fafine fifine fafine hahine vahine wahine vaʻine vehine wahine woman /ʔ/ *matua[1] motuʻa motua matua matuʻa metua matua metua, matua motua makua parent /r/ *lua ua ua lua rua rua[2] rua rua ʻua lua two /l/ *tolu tolu tolu tolu toru toru toru toru toʻu kolu three
