Tobian language
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| Tobian | ||
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| Spoken in: | Palau | |
| Region: | Islands of Tobi (or Hatobohei), Pulo Anna, Merir, Fana, Helen Reef and Sonsoral | |
| Total speakers: | 100 | |
| Language family: | Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central Eastern Eastern Oceanic Central-Eastern Remote Micronesian Proper Ponapeic-Trukic Tobian |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | map | |
| ISO/FDIS 639-3: | tox | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
The Tobian language, also Tobi, is, with English and the Sonsorolese language, the language spoken on the Palau islands of Tobi (or Hatobohei), Pulo Anna, Merir, Fana, Helen Reef and Sonsoral (or Sonsorol). It has about 100 speakers over the world. It is mostly spoken on Tobi.
[edit] Examples of words
- animal = Mar
- coconut = ruh
- goodbye = sabuho
- soldierfish = red
- language = Ramarih
