Vocabulary: Tobian Sounds
 
Language in Use  


Isauro's Usage Sound Contributed Comments
Isauro hu Isauro Andrew, Koror, 2006 As in huheih (twenty). It is hard to know whether to represent this sound as hu or ho. Isauro chose to spell huheih with a u, but thought it would be better if there was a symbol to represent that sound.
Isauro

ih

Isauro Andrew, Koror, 2006 Another distinct sound in Tobian difficult to decide how to represent in English. As used in fisih (seventy), warih (eighty), tiweih (ninety).
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su

Isauro Andrew, Koror, 2006 Another distinct sound in Tobian difficult to decide how to represent in English—not su, not sa, not se. As in subuhuh (one hundred).
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u or uu

 

Isauro Andrew, Koror, 2006 Another distinct sound in Tobian difficult to decide how to represent in English. As in yauheri (sky).
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sehichou Isauro Andrew, Koror, 2009 Sehichou is the name of the sound Tobians make when they see a ship. Isauro also pronounced sehichou.

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