Sudest is a Western Oceanic language spoken by about 2,000 people on Sudest Island in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea, particularly in the Yama-Yele district in the west of Sudest Island.
Sudest means 'southeast' in Italian and French, and is also known as Tagula, Vanatïna or Vanatina. The people who speak Sudest call their language Vanatɨna, and they call themselves raravanatina. Sudest Island is also known as Tagula or Vanatinai. Dialects of Sudest include Pamela, Eastern Point, Rambuso, Rewa, Griffin Point and Jelewaga.
Sudest was first documented in the late 19th century, and various was to write it with the Latin alphabet were developed.
Download an alphabet chart for Sudest (Excel)
Membangambanga mathuweirɨ wonja bode iyemaengge Lisi amba meghenaghena. Mbanga methuweirɨ inja=mbeleime na rumbuye wevo igiya kurewe. Ko=iyemaengge meghaningga, ramae ivariye, inga, "Uvana na uyavairɨ Thomas," kaiwae Thomas amba meghenaghena.
'This morning I woke up and went down while Lisi was still sleeping. When she woke up she came down after us and her grandma gave her leftovers. But when she had eaten, her father sent her, saying, "Go up and wake up Thomas," because Thomas was still sleeping.
Source: Sudest Organised Phonology Data
Information about Sudest | Numbers | Tower of Babel
Information about Sudest
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudest_language
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/タグラ語
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Судест
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/sude1239
http://www.language-archives.org/language/tgo
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/tgo
https://pnglanguages.sil.org/resources/dictionaries/tgo
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Sudest.htm
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Page created: 01.07.26. Last modified: 01.07.26
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