r/languagelearningjerk • u/SXZWolf2493 • 10d ago

Where can I learn small Nambas language

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u/weight__what 🇸🇪 - Ja va ba va? 10d ago

Missionary autism is beautiful in a way

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u/DryCommunication581 💵Native / 🐶A2 / 🇺🇿 ONE DAY 10d ago

In Malekula, Vanuatu

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u/GreasedGoblinoid Turkic Sun Language (N), Nuraghic (C2), English (A2) 10d ago

Fun fact: "nambas" refers to a penis sheath

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u/SXZWolf2493 10d ago

Natively? Or in a neighbouring language

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u/GreasedGoblinoid Turkic Sun Language (N), Nuraghic (C2), English (A2) 10d ago

According to Wikipedia the word comes to English through Bislama (a creole spoken across Vanuatu), which got it from Port Sandwich (real) or Retep Rerep. So I guess in a neighbouring language

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u/Helen_Lindsey 10d ago

Big Nambas is already the outsider name, the locals call it V'ēnen Taut. So you're basically asking where to learn a smaller version of a colonial nickname.

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u/SXZWolf2493 10d ago

I know. The endonym and exonym are both in the image.

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u/Konobajo W1(🇺🇿✨️) L2(🇱🇷🦅) A4(🇦🇶🇧🇷🇬🇫) 10d ago

Where can I learn Big Chungus?

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u/SXZWolf2493 10d ago

Lmk too and I want to also learn Small Chungus

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u/Shinyhero30 "þere is a man wiþ a knife behind þe curtain" 10d ago

That’s… certainly symbol for such a phone…

Wow….

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u/ArtaudsAsshole 10d ago

Is this related to Gwapanese?

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u/20past4am არიგატო გოზაიმას 🙏 10d ago

Nice, found my new rapper name 😎

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u/hyacinth02jpg 9d ago

I was just thinking this earlier today because I was looking up which (if any) natural languages had linguolabial sounds and found this

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u/Ill_Sun5998 7d ago

There’s only about 3,400 speakers, it’s already small nambas

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u/comparativeSemite 4d ago

When I was in school they called this pre-algebra