Ramoaaina language

Ramoaaina (Ramuaina) is an Oceanic language spoken on the Duke of York Islands off eastern New Ireland.

Ramoaaina
Duke of York
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Duke of York Islands (East New Britain Province)
Native speakers	(10,300 cited 2000 census)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Meso-Melanesian (St George linkage) Kandas–Ramoaaina Ramoaaina
Language codes
ISO 639-3	rai
Glottolog	ramo1244

Phonology

Phoneme inventory of the Ramoaaina language:^[2]

Consonant sounds

		Labial	Alveolar	Velar
Nasal		m	n	ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t	k
	voiced	b	d	g
Fricative			(s)
Rhotic			r
Lateral			l
Semivowel		w

/s/ is used, but mainly in loanwords.

Vowel sounds

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e	ɘ	o
Low		a