Tobian language

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Tobian
Native to	Palau
Region	Hatohobei, Koror, Sonsorol
Native speakers	22 (1995)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Micronesian Proper Trukic Echangese Tobian
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`tox`

Tobian (Tobian: ramarih Hatohobei, literally "the language of Tobi") is the language of Tobi, one of the Southwest Islands of Palau, and the main island of Hatohobei state. Tobian is a Micronesian language spoken by approximately 150 people.

Tobian and the dialects of Sonsorol, Merir, and Pulo Anna, the other inhabited Southwest Islands, are closely related to the languages spoken in the Federated States of Micronesia outer islands of Yap and Truk Lagoon.

These days most Tobian speakers live in Echang, a hamlet of Koror, the former capital of Palau. Tobian and Sonsorolese are very close, and appear to be gradually merging towards a new dialect called "Echangese"^{[citation needed]}.

Examples

animal = mar
coconut palm = ruh
goodbye = sabuho
language = ramarih
soldierfish = red

Counting

one = sewo
two = huwou
three = soruo
four = fauwo

This is only base counting. There are different numerals for a lot of different objects. ^[2]

References

↑ Tobian reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
↑ Base Counting Words by Isauro Andrew Isauro Andrew

External links

Tobian language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator

Tobian language at Friends of Tobi Island

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