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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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==Example texts== | ==Example texts== | ||
===Swadesh=== | ===Swadesh=== | ||
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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