| Ramoaaina | |
| Also Known As: | Duke of York |
| States: | Papua New Guinea |
| Region: | Duke of York Islands (East New Britain Province) |
| Date: | 2000 census |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Austronesian |
| Fam3: | Oceanic |
| Fam4: | Western |
| Fam5: | Meso-Melanesian |
| Fam6: | (St George linkage) |
| Fam7: | Kandas–Ramoaaina |
| Iso3: | rai |
| Glotto: | ramo1244 |
| Glottorefname: | Ramoaaina |
Ramoaaina (Ramuaina) is an Oceanic language spoken on the Duke of York Islands off eastern New Ireland.
Phoneme inventory of the Ramoaaina language:[1]
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Fricative | (pronounced as /link/) | ||||
| Rhotic | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Lateral | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Semivowel | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| High | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Low | pronounced as /link/ |