- Tobian language
language
name=Tobian
states=Palau
region=Hatohobei ,Koror ,Sonsorol
speakers=100
familycolor=Austronesian
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
fam3=Central Eastern
fam4=Eastern
fam5=Oceanic
fam6=Central-Eastern
fam7=Remote
fam8=Micronesian
fam9=Proper
fam10=Ponapeic-Trukic
fam11=Trukic
iso2=map|iso3=toxTobian (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 Malayo-Polynesian language, spoken by approximately 150 people throughout the world.Tobian and the dialects of Sonsorol,
Merir , andPulo Anna , the other inhabited Southwest Islands, are closely related to the languages spoken in theFederated States of Micronesia outer islands ofYap andTruk Lagoon .These days most Tobian speakers live in
Echang , a hamlet ofKoror , the former capital of Palau. Tobian and Sonsorolese are gradually becoming closer and shifting towards a new dialect that could be called "Echangese."Examples
* animal = "mar"
* coconut = "ruh"
* goodbye = "sabuho"
* language = "ramarih"
* soldierfish = "red"External links
*en [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tox Ethnologue report]
*en [http://tobi.gmu.edu/tobilanguage.htm Tobian language at "Friends of Tobi Island"]
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