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| name = Ah Oka
| name = Ah Oka
| nativename = ‘ā ōka
| nativename = ‘ā ōka
| pronunciation = ʔaː o̞ːka
| pronunciation = ʔaː oːka
| ethnicity = Tipu Oka
| ethnicity = Tipu Oka
| creator = User:Jukethatbox
| creator = User:Jukethatbox
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| ancestor2 = [[Hau-Hau|Himé Hauhau]]
| ancestor2 = [[Hau-Hau|Himé Hauhau]]
| notice = ipa
| notice = ipa
| script1 = Latn
| speakers = 1,000
| date = 2026
}}
}}
'''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.
'''Ah Oka''' (''‘ā ōka'' [[Help:IPA|[ʔaː oːka]]]) 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, 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==
==Phonology==
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|-
|-
! Nasal
! Nasal
| m || || ||
| m || n || ||
|-
|-
! Approximant
! Approximant
| w || l || ||
| w || l ||
|}
|}
===Vowels===
===Vowels===
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|-
|-
! Mid
! Mid
| || o̞ o̞ː
| || o oː
|-
|-
! Open
! Open
| a aː ||
| 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 {{l|aoka|tāk}} "young, new".
==Grammar==
==Grammar==
===Articles===
===Articles===
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| ''tu'' || ''tū''
| ''tu'' || ''tū''
|}
|}
[[Category:Conlangs]] [[Category:Languages]] [[Category:Ah Oka]] [[Category:Sinatolean languages]]
===Personal pronouns===
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.
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | !! colspan=2 | Singular !! rowspan=2 | Plural
|-
! ergative !! absolutive
|-
! colspan=2 | First person
| ''la'' || ''lō'' || ''pula''
|-
! colspan=2 | Second person
| ''ki'' || ''‘ā'' || ''puā''
|-
! rowspan=2 | Third person
! inanimate
| rowspan=2 | ''mi'' || rowspan=2 | ''mā''/</br>''mō''|| ''pumi''
|-
! animate
| ''mā‘a''
|}
 
==Example texts==
===Swadesh===
{{Swadesh
|language=Ah Oka
|nativename=‘ā ōka
|I=la
|you (singular)=ki
|he=mi
|we=pula
|you (plural)=puā
|they=mā‘a
|this=ti
|that=tu
|here=ti kā
|there=tu kā
|who=mūa
|what=mū mi
|where=mū kā
|when=mū tī‘a
|how=mū ‘um
|not=‘o
|all=kūkū
|many=kū
|some=‘o kū
|few=‘o kū
|other=‘o ti
|one=nuk
|two=pana
|three=nau
|four=owok
|five=‘ina
|big=pō
|long=pō
|wide=tiki
|thick=tiki
|heavy=tū‘u
|small=nini
|short=nini
|narrow=‘opō
|thin=‘opō
|woman=‘uwo
|man (adult male)=‘uku
|man (human being)=‘u
|child=nini
|wife=‘ukā
|husband=‘ukā
|mother=māmo
|father=pāpo
|animal=nukō
|fish=ti‘ō
|bird=ti‘ō ‘u‘alak
|dog=tila
|louse=kuna
|snake=apako
|worm=apako
|tree=ku
|forest=kū
|stick=luo
|fruit=lū
|seed=pok
|leaf=mili
|root=toko
|bark=lapa ‘uku
|flower=‘iku
|grass=‘īwan
|rope=nāla
|skin=lapa
|meat=ōi
|blood=ōnu
|bone=mikuā
|fat=no
|egg=‘ōko
|horn=
|tail=
|feather=
|hair=
|head=
|ear=
|eye=
|nose=
|mouth=
|tooth=
|tongue=
|fingernail=
|foot=
|leg=
|knee=
|hand=
|wing=
|belly=
|guts=
|neck=
|back=
|breast=
|heart=
|liver=
|drink=
|eat=
|bite=
|suck=
|spit=
|vomit=
|blow=
|breathe=
|laugh=
|see=
|hear=
|know=
|think=
|smell=
|fear=
|sleep=
|live=
|die=
|kill=
|fight=
|hunt=
|hit=
|cut=
|split=
|stab=
|scratch=
|dig=
|swim=
|fly=
|walk=
|come=
|lie=
|sit=
|stand=
|turn=
|fall=
|give=
|hold=
|squeeze=
|rub=
|wash=
|wipe=
|pull=
|push=
|throw=
|tie=
|sew=
|count=
|say=
|sing=
|play=
|float=
|flow=
|freeze=
|swell=
|sun=
|moon=
|star=
|water=
|rain=‘iko‘o
|river=
|lake=
|sea=
|salt=
|stone=
|sand=
|dust=
|earth=
|cloud=
|fog=
|sky=alak
|wind=
|snow=
|ice=
|smoke=
|fire=
|ashes=
|burn=
|road=
|mountain=
|red=
|green=
|yellow=
|white=
|black=
|night=
|day=
|year=
|warm=
|cold=
|full=
|new=tāk
|old=
|good=
|bad=
|rotten=
|dirty=
|straight=
|round=
|sharp=
|dull=
|smooth=
|wet=
|dry=
|correct=
|near=kati
|far=katu
|right=kā‘a
|left=kāmu
|at=
|in=
|with=‘a
|and=‘a
|if=‘ī
|because=
|name=
}}
[[Category:Conlangs]] [[Category:Languages]] [[Category:Ah Oka language]] [[Category:Sinatolean languages]]
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