Ramoaaina language
Oceanic language spoken on the Duke of York Islands off eastern New Ireland
Ramoaaina | |
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Duke of York | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Duke of York Islands (East New Britain Province) |
Native speakers | 10,300 (2000 census)[1] |
Language family | Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | rai |
Glottolog | ramo1244 |
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]
Labial | Alveolar | Velar | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |
Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k |
voiced | b | d | g | |
Fricative | (s) | |||
Rhotic | r | |||
Lateral | l | |||
Semivowel | w |
/s/ is used, but mainly in loanwords.
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | u | |
Mid | e | ɘ | o |
Low | a |
References
- ^ Ramoaaina at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Davies, Robyn; Fritzell, Lisbeth (1992). Duke of York grammar essentials (Ramoaaine). Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
External links
- Materials on Ramoaaina are included in the open access Arthur Capell collections (AC1 and AC2) and Malcolm Ross collection (MR1) held by Paradisec
- Digitised microfilm images from Pacific Manuscripts Bureau (PAMBU) including Ramoaaina
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