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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".

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