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] |
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.
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 |
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