Instead these words will start with J, S or K.
Church becomes "jos", Chief is "jif", Central is "sentrol", Cement is "simen", Cathedral is "katedral" and Canoe is "kenu".
Usually, the "ch" sound becomes J, the long c sound (like in cement) becomes S and the short c sound (like in cook) becomes K.
Ni-Vanuatu often use their eyebrows in communicating. Raised eyebrows (like a surprised look) are often used for "yes". These movements can often be very subtle so watch carefully for them.
Ni-Vanuatu people come from the 82 islands of Vanautu and speak a total of 113 languages. With a population of only 252,000 people, this makes Vanuatu the most language-dense country in the world.
Ni-Vanuatu use the words "Good Night" (gud naet) as both an evening greeting and to say farewell at night time. In English we would normally say Good Evening as a greeting and then Good Night as farewell.
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| Kaikai = eat |
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| For my Kenyan friends: they have Tusker here too! |
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| Labels on the boats : "Abstinence" "Faithfulness" "Condoms" |
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