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| fam1 = [[Sinatolean languages|Sinatolean]] | | fam1 = [[Sinatolean languages|Sinatolean]] | ||
| fam2 = [[Sinatolean languages# | | fam2 = [[Sinatolean languages#Hau-Hau|Hauhau]] | ||
| ancestor1 = [[Proto-Sinatolean]] | | ancestor1 = [[Proto-Sinatolean]] | ||
| ancestor2 = [[Hau-Hau|Himé Hauhau]] | | ancestor2 = [[Hau-Hau|Himé Hauhau]] | ||
| notice = ipa | | notice = ipa | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Ah Oka'''(''‘ā ōka'' [[Help:IPA|[ʔaː o̞ːka]]]) is a [[Sinatolean languages# | '''Ah Oka'''(''‘ā ōka'' [[Help:IPA|[ʔaː o̞ːka]]]) is a [[Sinatolean languages#Hau-Hau|Sinatolean Hauhau language]] spoken on Ka Oka(''kā ōka'') island in the Nelahgan Islands. It is the most spoken descendant of the ancient [[Hau-Hau]] language, which was the first Sinatolean language branch to diverge with the arrival of the T'pu Hau people on the Pukahau Archipelago of the Nelahgans. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | |||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | |||
! !! Labial !! Alveolar !! Velar !! Glottal | |||
|- | |||
! Plosive | |||
| p || t || k || ʔ | |||
|- | |||
! Nasal | |||
| m || || || | |||
|- | |||
! Approximant | |||
| w || l || || | |||
|} | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | {| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | ||
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! Close | ! Close | ||
| i iː || u uː | | i iː || u uː | ||
|- | |||
! Mid | |||
| || o̞ o̞ː | |||
|- | |||
! Open | |||
| a aː || | |||
|} | |||
==Grammar== | |||
===Articles=== | |||
====Number==== | |||
Ah Oka preserves the ''pu'' plural article from [[Hau-Hau]], which itself its derived from the Proto-Sinatolean ''*-pu-'' infix. Singularity is not inflected. | |||
====Demonstrative==== | |||
Ah Oka has four demonstrative pronouns, which act as articles. | |||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | |||
! !! Singular !! Plural | |||
|- | |||
! This | |||
| ''ti'' || ''tī'' | |||
|- | |||
! That | |||
| ''tu'' || ''tū'' | |||
|} | |} | ||
[[Category:Conlangs]] [[Category:Languages]] [[Category:Ah Oka]] | [[Category:Conlangs]] [[Category:Languages]] [[Category:Ah Oka]] [[Category:Sinatolean languages]] | ||