The limits of my language mean the limits of my world

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922)

Misima language is phonetic, which means that each letter produces the same sound in each word. If you're not familiar with phonetic languages, here's a quick guide. (Kiwis don't bother, your vowels will be something different anyway...)

A sounds like the a in 'car'
E sounds like the e in 'set'
I sounds like the i in 'middle'
O sounds like the o in 'spot'
U sounds like none of the u's in english, try 'lure'
Y sounds like the y in 'you'
T sounds like, well, you need to push your tongue right begind and against your front teeth to make sure there is no hissing s-sound left in the T, a bit like D but 'harder'
MW sounds like there is no W, ignore the W and pronounce the M
G sounds like the g in 'go'

Misima Talk

The short dictionary of the Louisiades Archipelago in PNG. (One of the about 700 languages spoken in Papua New Guinea)

MWELULUGA WAIWAISANA	good morning
ALALATI WAIWAISANA	good day
KOKOYAVIWAIWAISANA	good afternoon
BULIN WAIWAISANA	good night
AM NAM GA IOLA?	how are you?
GA U NANA?	where are you going?
AM NAU I WAISI	I'm good, ok
YA KA IWAISI	it's (I'm) ok
AM NAU INAK	I'm not good
U WAISI YA?	are you ok?
EE	yep, yeah
IGEYA	no
ATEU OWA	thank you
OWA	you
NA U	I am
NAU ALAU	my name is
TALIU	brother (a friend, like a brother)
UNEM	come!
U WEGON	you go
TAE GON	let's go
UNEM ALOU OWA	come with me
UMINA ALOU OWA	stay with me
TAU YA IMIM	he is drunk
NAU YA IMIM	I am drunk
NUAU OWA	I like you
YA NUNUWANA GIWA	I love you
HAUNA NUAM?	what do you want?
UPEM NA KITE	let me have a look
TOWAU I YA LIGA	I'm tired (from work etc.)
MATAU I KENU KENU	I feel sleepy
YA GALEBU	I am hungry
IGEYAGA	not yet
SABWELU ILOLOBEK I WAISI	beautiful sunset
KAIONI!	goodbye!
KOKA	sea snake
DALU DALU	dolphin
UMUN	earth owen (native BBQ)
GUDAU	canoe
SAILAU	sailing canoe
WAGA	boat
DIM DIM	white man, foreigner
WAGA DIM DIM	yacht
YOVA	girl
GALOK	young girl
HEVAL	young boy
TONOAK	old man
NEVENAK	old woman
SA DUA	cigarett
SA DUA NATON	I'll burn my smoke
BONKA	fat
AM AWA IWAISI	you are beautiful
I KIYA	enough
TINEU YA KA I KIYA	I've had enough
I KALA KALAS	hot (in temperature)