| English | Nanwang | Classification |
| all | pia | adj |
| black | uɖeɖem | adj |
| cold | talingting | adj |
| correct, true | pawa | adj |
| dirty | dursi | adj |
| dirty | miakiʈar | adj |
| dirty | rikesikesis | adj |
| dry | linek | adj |
| dull, blunt | iɖeɭan | adj |
| green | miraqat | adj |
| heavy | aɭuɖun | adj |
| left | tarawili | adj |
| long | beɭakas | adj |
| narrow | lignuʈ | adj |
| painful, sick | nana | adj |
| red | midarang | adj |
| right | tarawalan | adj |
| small | makiteng | adj |
| thick | kaʈebe | adj |
| thin | salesal | adj |
| wet | dareken | adj |
| white | burenan | adj |
| wide | ɖekan | adj |
| yellow | maɭuɭu | adj |
| yellow | miɭanang | adj |
| and | aw | conj |
| hand | ɭima | noun |
| leg/foot | kukuɖ | noun |
| road/path | daran | noun |
| dust | ʈumbul | noun |
| skin | ɭubiʈ | noun |
| belly | tial | noun |
| bone | ukak | noun |
| intestines | ʈinaqi | noun |
| liver | rami | noun |
| breast | susu | noun |
| shoulder | qiab | noun |
| blood | damuk | noun |
| head | ʈangeru | noun |
| neck | niqen | noun |
| hair | arbu | noun |
| nose | tingran | noun |
| mouth | indan | noun |
| tooth | wali | noun |
| tongue | sema | noun |
| ear | ʈangiɭa | noun |
| eye | maʈa | noun |
| person/human being | ʈaw | noun |
| man/male | maqinayan | noun |
| woman/female | babayan | noun |
| child | walak | noun |
| husband | kataguin | noun |
| wife | kataguin | noun |
| mother | ina | noun |
| mother | taina | noun |
| father | ama | noun |
| house | ruma | noun |
| thatch/roof | saqub | noun |
| needle | daqum | noun |
| stick/wood | kawi | noun |
| dog | suan | noun |
| bird | ayam | noun |
| egg | biʈunun | noun |
| feather | gumul | noun |
| wing | pakpak | noun |
| rat | kurabaw | noun |
| meat/flesh | pataka | noun |
| fat/grease | imar | noun |
| tail | ɭudus | noun |
| snake | unan | noun |
| worm (earthworm) | uɭeɖ | noun |
| louse | kuʈu | noun |
| spider | kamangkamang | noun |
| spider | buralawat | noun |
| fish | kuraw | noun |
| branch | saqaɖ | noun |
| leaf | bira | noun |
| root | rami | noun |
| flower | qapuʈ | noun |
| fruit | bua | noun |
| grass | ʈaɭun | noun |
| earth/soil | dare | noun |
| earth/soil | lipa | noun |
| stone | barasa | noun |
| stone | rasa | noun |
| stone | ratung | noun |
| sand | buʈek | noun |
| water | enai | noun |
| salt | yam | noun |
| woods/forest | kawikawi | noun |
| woods/forest | ʈaɭuʈaɭun | noun |
| sky | ɭangiʈ | noun |
| moon | buɭan | noun |
| star | ʈiqur | noun |
| cloud | kuʈem | noun |
| fog | kuʈikuʈ | noun |
| fog | meɭebɭeb | noun |
| rain | qudal | noun |
| thunder | ɖerung | noun |
| lightning | ʈeli | noun |
| wind | baɭi | noun |
| warm | bias | noun |
| fire | apue | noun |
| fire | asi | noun |
| smoke | aseban | noun |
| ash | abu | noun |
| night | sungan | noun |
| day | wari | noun |
| year | ami | noun |
| I | ku | noun |
| thou | yu | noun |
| he/she | taitaw | noun |
| we | ta | noun |
| we | mi | noun |
| you | mu | noun |
| One | sa | num |
| Two | ɖua | num |
| Three | teɭu | num |
| Four | pat | num |
| Five | ɭima | num |
| Six | qnem | num |
| Seven | pitu | num |
| Eight | waɭu | num |
| Nine | siwa | num |
| Ten | puɭu | num |
| Twenty | maka-petaqan | num |
| One Hundred | saɭeman | num |
| One Thousand | sa kuɖul | num |
| at | i | prep |
| in, inside | abak | prep |
| above | makasat | prep |
| below | makadare | prep |
| to walk | kemakawang | verb |
| to come | ɖua | verb |
| to come | aɭamo | verb |
| to swim | langue | verb |
| to know, be knowledgeable | saigu | verb |
| to think | kemianger | verb |
| to breathe | mengaɖ | verb |
| to sniff, smell | ʈaul | verb |
| to laugh | saqeru | verb |
| to cry | maʈangis | verb |
| to vomit | ɖelia | verb |
| to spit | temama | verb |
| to eat | kan | verb |
| to chew | meleqeɭ | verb |
| to cook | deru | verb |
| to drink | tekeɭ | verb |
| to suck | sipsip | verb |
| to see | naqu | verb |
| to yawn | maiyai | verb |
| to sleep | alepe | verb |
| to dream | tia | verb |
| to sit | aungidi | verb |
| to sit | tengaɖ | verb |
| to say | ka | verb |
| to tie up, fasten | temiɭu | verb |
| to hunt | qalup | verb |
| to shoot | kemuang | verb |
| to hit | tengeɖ | verb |
| to steal | ʈakaw | verb |
| to die, be dead | minatai | verb |
| to cut, hack | ɭeteɭet | verb |
| to work | karun | verb |
| to swell | benare | verb |
| to squeeze | reqre | verb |
| to hold | qtemer | verb |
| to hold | kaper | verb |
| to dig | kerut | verb |
| to buy | ʈima | verb |
| to open, uncover | ʈuwal | verb |
| to pound, beat | tuktuk | verb |
| to throw | tapias | verb |
| to fall | utani | verb |
| to fly | biqi | verb |
| to flow | muɭuɖun | verb |
| to blow | maput | verb |
| to burn | suru | verb |
| to hide | lased | verb |
| to hide | qulek | verb |
| to climb | kuaɭuai | verb |
| to count | aqaip | verb |
| that | idu | |
| that | idiu | |
| where? | isua | |
| if | an | |
| back | paɖek | |
| when? | asua | |
| this | idi | |
| far | adawil | |
| what? | amanai | |
| who? | imanai | |
| how? | kemudakuda |