User:Locoluis/Consonant correspondences between related Polynesian languages
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This table was compiled from Swadesh lists. It only works for most cognates.
Māori | Rapa Nui | Hawaiian | Tahitian | Samoan | Fijian (incomplete) | Sample |
ɸ | h | h | f | f | v | whetuu = star |
h | h | h | h | s | ,s? | Hawaiki = Hawaiʻi = Savai'i |
k | k | ʔ | ʔ | ʔ | k,G? | ika = fish |
m | m | m | m | m | m | lima = five |
n | n | n | n | ŋ(n) | m,ŋ | taŋata = person |
ŋ | ŋ | n | ʔ | ŋ | ŋ | |
p | p | p | p | p | B? | |
r | r | l | r | l | l,r?,DR? | |
t | t | k | t | t | t,D | tahi = one |
w | v/h | w | v | v | w | |
ʔ | ,ʔ (*) | ʔ | ʔ,C (?) |
(*) Māori: tuu, Rapa Nui tuʔu, Hawaiian ku, Tahitian tiʔa, English "to stand". Also Māori: whetuu, Rapa Nui hetuʔu, Hawaiian hōkū, Tahitian fetiʔa, Samoan fetuu, English "star".