TORRES ISLAND ( HIW, Torres )

Spoken by 120 people in Torres Islands, Vanuatu.
Linguistic Lineage for Hiw
Vanuatu

MA raina,
Ne Ie ni ruar.
Ne gamili ni ven me.
Ne dotme ni mena na viena dawa na raina.
Ola me dome hi kemam ne hinega ta hine dome.
Ke duamvita ne heme kemem dawa kemem van duamvita ne hemehe.
Tate vanvanake kemem li dagare kemem;
Wola kemam da ne hiwhiw.
Ne gamili, ni mena meke,
mi ne heri ni toga ni 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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