Tobian language

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Tobian
Spoken in: Palau 
Region: Tobi, Pulo Anna, Merir, Fanna, Helen Reef and Sonsorol
Total speakers: 100
Language family: Austronesian
 Malayo-Polynesian
  Central Eastern
   Eastern
    Oceanic
     Central-Eastern
      Remote
       Micronesian
        Proper
         Ponapeic-Trukic
          Trukic
           Tobian
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: map
ISO 639-3: tox
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode.

The Tobian language, also Tobi, is, with English and the Sonsorolese language, the language spoken on the Palauan islands of Tobi, Pulo Anna, Merir, Fanna, Helen Reef and Sonsorol. It has about 100 speakers over the world, and is mostly spoken on Tobi.

[edit] Examples

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

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