Ramoaaina language

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Ramoaaina
Duke of York
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionDuke of York Islands (East New Britain Province)
Native speakers
10,300 (2000 census)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3rai
Glottologramo1244

Ramoaaina (Ramuaina) is an Oceanic language spoken on the Duke of York Islands off eastern New Ireland.

Phonology[]

Phoneme inventory of the Ramoaaina language:[2]

Consonant sounds
Labial Alveolar Velar
Plosive voiceless p t k
voiced b d g
Fricative (s)
Rhotic r
Lateral l
Nasal m n ŋ
Approximant w

/s/ is used, but mainly in loanwords.

Vowel sounds
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e ɘ o
Low a

References[]

  1. ^ Ramoaaina at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ^ Davies, Robyn; Fritzell, Lisbeth (1992). Duke of York grammar essentials (Ramoaaine). Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

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