Ramoaaina language
{{short description|Oceanic language spoken on the Duke of York Islands off eastern New Ireland}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Ramoaaina
|altname=Duke of York
|states=Papua New Guinea
|region=Duke of York Islands (East New Britain Province)
|speakers={{sigfig|10,300|3}}
|date=2000 census
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=Oceanic
|fam4=Western
|fam5=Meso-Melanesian
|fam6=(St George linkage)
|fam7=Kandas–Ramoaaina
|iso3=rai
|glotto=ramo1244
|glottorefname=Ramoaaina
}}
Ramoaaina (Ramuaina) is an Oceanic language spoken on the Duke of York Islands off eastern New Ireland.
Phonology
Phoneme inventory of the Ramoaaina language:{{Cite book|title=Duke of York grammar essentials (Ramoaaine)|last=Davies|first=Robyn|last2=Fritzell|first2=Lisbeth|location=Ukarumpa|publisher=Summer Institute of Linguistics|year=1992}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Consonant sounds ! colspan="2" | ! Labial ! Alveolar ! Velar |
| colspan="2" |Nasal
|{{IPA link|m}} |{{IPA link|n}} |{{IPA link|ŋ}} |
|---|
| rowspan="2" |Plosive
!voiceless |{{IPA link|p}} |{{IPA link|t}} |{{IPA link|k}} |
| voiced
|{{IPA link|b}} |{{IPA link|d}} |{{IPA link|g}} |
| colspan="2" |Fricative
| |({{IPA link|s}}) | |
| colspan="2" |Rhotic
| |{{IPA link|r}} | |
| colspan="2" |Lateral
| |{{IPA link|l}} | |
| colspan="2" |Semivowel
|{{IPA link|w}} | | |
/s/ is used, but mainly in loanwords.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Vowel sounds ! !Back |
| High
|{{IPA link|i}} | |{{IPA link|u}} |
|---|
| Mid
|{{IPA link|e}} |{{IPA link|ɘ}} |{{IPA link|o}} |
| Low
| |{{IPA link|a}} | |
References
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External links
- Materials on Ramoaaina are included in the open access Arthur Capell collections ([http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/AC1 AC1] and [http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/AC2 AC2]) and Malcolm Ross collection ([http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/MR1 MR1]) held by Paradisec
- [http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/PAMBU Digitised microfilm images from Pacific Manuscripts Bureau (PAMBU) including Ramoaaina]
{{Languages of Papua New Guinea}}
{{Meso-Melanesian languages}}
{{Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages}}
Category:Languages of East New Britain Province
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