MAEWO, CENTRAL ( Maevo, Tanoriki )

Spoken by 350 people in Maewo (Aurora) Island, Vanuatu.
Linguistic Lineage for Maewo, Central
Vanuatu

TATA a wonana,
Nasasana na ronorono.
Nona tunuqe na sumai.
Nona tarani na lai le veina merea wonana.
Lai sumai qariki min kami na sinage u tarisa be qariki.
Go tigi gina bugumi,
mere kami mo tigi gina bugura.
Go kare tektekerag kami tea ale galeana;
Go lai kami dani na anseseta.
Anona a tunuqe, ti a sori,
ti a sinara, na toga na toga. Amen.

Source: "Dictionary and Grammar of the Language of Sa’a and Ulawa, Solomon Islands" by Walter G. Ivens, M.A., Washington, 1918.
(The LORD'S PRAYER in Twenty-four Languages as used in the DIOCESE OF MELANESIA among the Islands of the South Pacific, pp. 155-156.) Printed at the Melanesian Mission Press, British Solomon Islands. 1926.
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