Phonology
The following represents the Sisiqa dialect:Consonants
* Voiced stops are typically plainly released word-initially, but prenasalized when intervocalically. * The fricative can be heard as an affricate in free variation within word-initial position.Vowels
* The central vowel can vary between three sounds , and .Simple expressions
* 'Good morning': * 'Good afternoon': * 'Good evening': * 'Good night': * 'Let's go fishing': * 'How much': * 'Many': * 'No worries': * 'I'm hungry': * 'I'm full': * 'Don't eat it': * 'I'd like to swim': * 'I'd like to dive': * 'I'm going to sleep': * 'Come here': * 'Go away': * 'Bring ... here': * 'Take ... away': * 'Leave it': * 'I like ...': * 'I see ...': * 'I don't see ...': * 'It's too hot': * 'The sun is too hot': * 'Where are you going?': * 'Bad boy': (usually said in jest with suitable tone)Commands/verbs
* 'Go': * 'Come': * 'Quick': * 'Slow': * 'Easy': * 'Run': * 'Wait': * 'Jump': * 'Out': * 'Shout': * 'Tell him':Numbers
* 1. * 2. * 3. * 4. * 5. * 6. * 7. * 8. * 9. * 10. * 20. * 30. * 40. * 50. * 60. * 70. * 80. * 90. * 100. * 1000.Other vocabulary
* 'Food': * 'Garden': * 'Cassava': * 'Pineapple': * 'Sweet potato': * 'Taro': * 'Yam': * 'Pumpkin': * 'Corn': * 'Banana': * 'Ripe': * 'Betelnut': * 'Sour/bitter': * 'It smells': * 'Bad smell': * 'Fish': * 'Shark': * 'Bonito': * 'Crocodile': * 'Kingfish': * 'Barracuda': * 'Marlin': * 'Fishing line': * 'Hook': * 'Bait': * 'Reef': * 'Dive': * 'Coral': * 'Sea cucumber': * 'Clam shell': * 'Shell': * 'River': * 'Rain': * 'Wind': * 'Cyclone': * 'Sea': * 'Fresh water': * 'Island': * 'Mountain': * 'Sand beach': * 'Sky': * 'Cloud': * 'Sun': * 'Star': * 'Moon': * 'Canoe': * 'Paddle': * 'House': * 'Ladder': * 'Kitchen': * 'Cooking pot': * 'Door': * 'Window': * 'Sleep': * 'Mosquito':Customary terms
* 'Creep':Colourful words
* 'Masturbation': * 'Excrement': * 'Vagina': * 'Penis': * 'Anus': * 'Mucus':References
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