Habomeian [HMB]
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Habomeian
ramari Habwomei [rɑmɑri xɒbomej]
ramari Habwomei [rɑmɑri xɒbomej]
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Language type
A posteriori
Place & SpeakersHabomeian is spoken by a population of 120 in Habwomei.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Habomeian
Habomeian (ramari Habwomei) is a language based on the Tobian language, a Chuukic language spoken in southern Palau.
Developments:
Developments:
- Loss of vowel length
- Loss of labialisation
- No distinction between /ɑ/ and /ɒ/
- /x/ and /ɣ/ became /k/ and /g/ between vowels
Sample of HabomeianCan't find any yet.
Language family relationships
Language treeAustronesian
⤷ Proto-Austronesian
⤷ Malayo-Polynesian
⤷ Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian
⤷ Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
⤷ Oceanic
⤷ Central-Eastern Oceanic
⤷ Micronesian
⤷ Nuclear Micronesian
⤷ Central Micronesian
⤷ Western Micronesian
⤷ Trukic-Ponapeic
⤷ Trukic
⤷ Habomeian
⤷ Proto-Austronesian
⤷ Malayo-Polynesian
⤷ Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian
⤷ Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
⤷ Oceanic
⤷ Central-Eastern Oceanic
⤷ Micronesian
⤷ Nuclear Micronesian
⤷ Central Micronesian
⤷ Western Micronesian
⤷ Trukic-Ponapeic
⤷ Trukic
⤷ Habomeian
[view] About AustronesianThe Austronesian languages are a language family widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia, Madagascar and the Pacific, with a few members on continental Asia, that are spoken by about 386 million people. A German scholar, Wilhelm Sch...
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Other | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | c | k | g | |||||||||
Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ç | x | ɣ | ||||||||
Lateral approximant | [l]1 | [ɫ]2 | ||||||||||||||
Approximant | [j]3 | w | ||||||||||||||
Trill | r |
- allophone of /r/
- allophone of /r/
- allophone of /i/
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i | ɨ | ʉ | ɯ | u | |
Close-mid | e | ø | ɤ | o | ||
Open-mid | œ | |||||
Open | a ã | ɑ | [ɒ]1 |
- free variation, allophone of /ɑ/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Habomeian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
HabomeianOrthography [edit] | |||||||||||
Aa/ɑ/, [ɒ]1 | Ȧȧ/a/ | Ãã/ã/ | Bb/b/, /p/ | BW bw/b/ | Cc/c/ | CH ch/ʃ/ | Dd/d/, /t/ | Ee/e/ | Ėė/ɤ/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/, /ɣ/ |
Hh/k/, /x/ | Ii/i/, [j] | Ɨɨ/ɨ/ | Jj/ç/ | Ll[l], [ɫ] | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | Oo/o/ | Ȯȯ/œ/ | Øø/ø/ | Pp/p/, /b/ |
PW pw/p/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Ʉʉ/ʉ/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/ɯ/ | Zz/z/ | ||
✔ Shown in correct order [change] |
- free variation