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ramari Habwomei
[rɑmɑri xɒbomej]
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 6 September 2022
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:
  • 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.
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Language family relationships
Language treeAustronesian
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  ⤷ 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
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
AlveolarPost-
Alveolar
PalatalLabio-
velar
VelarOther
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          
  1. allophone of /r/
  2. allophone of /r/
  3. allophone of /i/
VowelsFrontCentralBack
Close i ɨ ʉ ɯ u
Close-mid e ø   ɤ o
Open-mid œ    
Open a ã   ɑ [ɒ]1
  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]1Ȧȧ/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]
  1. free variation
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