// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did the Namonuito language say to its student? "You namo-nate my heart.
| Namonuito | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Caroline Islands |
| Region | Namonuito Atoll |
Native speakers | (940 cited 1989 census)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nmt |
| Glottolog | namo1247 |
| ELP | Namonuito |
 Namonuito is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
Namonuito is a Micronesian language of the Federated States of Micronesia. It is spoken on Namonuito Atoll.
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]| Labial | Dental-Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | c | ɟ | k | ɡ |
| Fricative | f | v | s | x | ɣ | |||
| Continuant | w | r | j | |||||
References
[edit]- ↑ Namonuito at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)