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===Personal pronouns=== | ===Personal pronouns=== | ||
Singular | Singular personal pronouns in Ah Oka have [[w:Ergative-absolutive alignment|ergative-absolutive alignment]]; this is believed to have been preserved from all the way back in [[Proto-Sinatolean]], though it was dropped in all other Sinatolean descendant languages. | ||
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! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | !! colspan=2 | Singular !! rowspan=2 | Plural | ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | !! colspan=2 | Singular !! rowspan=2 | Plural | ||
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| ''mā‘a'' | | ''mā‘a'' | ||
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==Example texts== | ==Example texts== | ||
===Swadesh=== | ===Swadesh=== | ||
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|two=pana | |two=pana | ||
|three=nau | |three=nau | ||
|four= | |four=owok | ||
|five= | |five=‘ina | ||
|big=pō | |big=pō | ||
|long=pō | |long=pō | ||
|wide=tiki | |wide=tiki | ||
|thick= | |thick=tiki | ||
|heavy= | |heavy=tū‘u | ||
|small= | |small=nini | ||
|short= | |short=nini | ||
|narrow= | |narrow=‘opō | ||
|thin= | |thin=‘opō | ||
|woman= | |woman=‘uwo | ||
|man (adult male)= | |man (adult male)=‘uku | ||
|man (human being)= | |man (human being)=‘u | ||
|child= | |child=nini | ||
|wife= | |wife=‘ukā | ||
|husband= | |husband=‘ukā | ||
|mother= | |mother=māmo | ||
|father= | |father=pāpo | ||
|animal= | |animal=nukō | ||
|fish= | |fish=ti‘ō | ||
|bird= | |bird=ti‘ō ‘u‘alak | ||
|dog= | |dog=tila | ||
|louse= | |louse=kuna | ||
|snake= | |snake=apako | ||
|worm= | |worm=apako | ||
|tree= | |tree=ku | ||
|forest= | |forest=kū | ||
|stick= | |stick=luo | ||
|fruit= | |fruit=lū | ||
|seed= | |seed=pok | ||
|leaf= | |leaf=mili | ||
|root= | |root=toko | ||
|bark= | |bark=lapa ‘uku | ||
|flower= | |flower=‘iku | ||
|grass= | |grass=‘īwan | ||
|rope= | |rope=nāla | ||
|skin= | |skin=lapa | ||
|meat= | |meat=ōi | ||
|blood= | |blood=ōnu | ||
|bone= | |bone=mikuā | ||
|fat= | |fat=no | ||
|egg= | |egg=‘ōko | ||
|horn= | |horn= | ||
|tail= | |tail= | ||
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|cloud= | |cloud= | ||
|fog= | |fog= | ||
|sky= | |sky=alak | ||
|wind= | |wind= | ||
|snow= | |snow= | ||
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| Ah Oka | |
|---|---|
| ‘ā ōka | |
| Pronunciation | [ʔaː oːka] |
| Created by | Jukethatbox |
| Date | 2024 |
| Ethnicity | Tipu Oka |
| Native speakers | 1,000 (2026) |
Sinatolean
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Early forms | |
Ah Oka (‘ā ōka [ʔaː oːka]) is a 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, with around 1,000 speakers as of 2026. The Hau-Hau branch 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
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | k | ʔ |
| Nasal | m | n | ||
| Approximant | w | l |
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i iː | u uː |
| Mid | o oː | |
| Open | a aː |
Phonotactics
Ah Oka's syllable structure is strictly (C)V(k); /k/ is the only consonant that can appear in coda positions, and only in word-final positions. It appears in a fair amount of words however, such as tāk "young, new".
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.
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| This | ti | tī |
| That | tu | tū |
Personal pronouns
Singular personal pronouns in Ah Oka have ergative-absolutive alignment; this is believed to have been preserved from all the way back in Proto-Sinatolean, though it was dropped in all other Sinatolean descendant languages.
| Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ergative | absolutive | |||
| First person | la | lō | pula | |
| Second person | ki | ‘ā | puā | |
| Third person | inanimate | mi | mā/ mō |
pumi |
| animate | mā‘a | |||
Example texts
Swadesh