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| 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.
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 |
