VANO ( Vanikoro, Vanikolo )

An extinct language that used to be spoken in Lale and Lavaka villages, Vanikolo Island, Temotu Province, Solomon Islands
Linguistic Lineage for Vano
Solomon Islands

AHA nau.
Neneno e tapu.
Iemie mare gaima.
Iemie warneno ipiaine ine lenu nene nau.
Kuma neii damoida iemie toro nane pe damoida.
Ago kulamena gamitu,
tekamaoli imetoro nene gamitu nupe pianoa tekamaoli iedietore.
Igai kurekure gamitu aka bogila;
ago kula gamitu mena mamane fisale.
Iemie mare; ga auka,
ga iremare ilu ilu. 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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