The following list of words is from the Central Cagayan Agta language, spoken by about 600 people in the Philippines.
1. | wer | 'creek' |
2. | balabahuy | 'little pig' |
3. | talobag | 'beetle' |
4. | bakbakat | 'granny' |
5. | palapirak | 'little money' |
6. | bahuy | 'pig' |
7. | bag | loincloth |
8. | walawer | little creek |
9. | balabag | 'little loincloth' |
10. | takki | 'leg' |
11. | labang | 'patch' |
Now, translate the following words into Central Cagayan Agta:
11. | 'little leg' |
12. | 'money' |
13. | 'little beetle' (actually this is the word for 'lady bug') |
14. | 'little patch' |
Healye, Phyllis M. 1960. An Agta grammar. Manila: Bureau of printing.