Marshallese language

Spoken in

Austronesian Malayo -Polynesian Central Eastern Malayo -Polynesian Malayo - Polynesian languages East Oceanic languages Zentralostozeanische languages Remote Oceanic languages Micronesian languages Origin. micronesian Marshallese

The mars hall Malaysian language ( Marshallese: Kayin Majel ) or Ebon is the Malayo - Polynesian language of the Marshall Islands National. There are two dialects: Ralik and Ratak. A first grammar and dictionary was compiled by Johann Stanislaus Kubary.

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Consonants

The Mars Hall sian there are 22 consonants:

Vowels

There are 4 vowels:

The Mars Hall sian the vowels are not on the front of the dimensions - set apart - back and rounded. That is, a given vowel phonetic several implementations. For example, the closed vowel / ɨ /, depending on the context as [i ], [ ɯ ], [ u ], [ i͡ɯ ], [ IU ], [ ɯ͡i ], [ ɯ͡u ], [ ui] or [ u͡ɯ ] pronounced be. Especially vowels in palatalized consonants are splayed back vowels ( [ ɯ ], [ ɤ ], [ ʌ ], [ ɑ ] ) vowels and consonants in labialized be rounded back vowels. Between two different kinds of vowels to consonants diphthongs:

Alphabet

The Mars Hall Maltese is written in Latin script with some unusual diacritics:

Text example

Ave Maria on Marshallese:

Language family Bilabial consonant Dental consonant Palatal consonant Velar consonant Velarization Labialization Fricative consonant Approximant consonant Front vowel Roundedness Hail Mary

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