Ramoaaina language
| Ramoaaina | |
|---|---|
| Duke of York | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Duke of York Islands (East New Britain Province) |
Native speakers | (10,300 cited 2000 census)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
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 Paradisec
- Digitised microfilm images from Pacific Manuscripts Bureau (PAMBU) including Ramoaaina