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The Rotokas alphabet used in writing the Rotokas language
Rotokas language

Rotokas is a language spoken by some 4000 people in Bougainville Province, an island to the east of New Guinea, part of Papua New Guinea. There are at least three dialects of the language: Central Rotokas , Aita Rotokas, and Pipipaia....
 is a Latin-derived alphabet consisting of only twelve letters of the modern basic Latin alphabet:



It is the smallest alphabet
Alphabet

An alphabet is a standardized set of letter basic written symbols each of which roughly represents a phoneme, a spoken language, either as it exists now or as it was in the past....
 in use today.






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The Rotokas alphabet used in writing the Rotokas language
Rotokas language

Rotokas is a language spoken by some 4000 people in Bougainville Province, an island to the east of New Guinea, part of Papua New Guinea. There are at least three dialects of the language: Central Rotokas , Aita Rotokas, and Pipipaia....
 is a Latin-derived alphabet consisting of only twelve letters of the modern basic Latin alphabet:

Majuscule Forms
Capital letters

Capital letters or majuscules [IPA pronunciation: /m?'d??skjuls, 'm?d???skjuls/], in the Roman alphabet A, B, C, D, etc., may also be called capitals, or caps....
 (also called uppercase or capital letters)
A
A

The letter A is the first letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English language is a ; the plural is aes or, more commonly, a's....
E
E

E is the fifth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English language is spelled e , plural ees . The letter E is the most commonly used letter in the Czech language, Danish language, Dutch language, English language, French language, German language, Hungarian language, Latin language, Norwegian language, Spanish language...
G
G

G is the seventh letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English language is spelled gee....
I
I

I is the ninth Letter of the Latin alphabet. Its English language name is i ....
K
K

K is the eleventh letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English language is spelled kay ....
O
O

O is the fifteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English language is spelled o , plural oes ....
P
P

P is the sixteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English language is pronounced pee ....
R
R

R is the eighteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English language is spelled ar ....
S
S

S is the nineteenth letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English language is spelled ess or generally es- when part of a compound word, plural esses....
T
T

T is the twentieth letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English language is spelled tee . It is the most commonly used consonant and the second most common letter in the English language....
U
U

U is the twenty-first letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English language is spelled u ....
V
V

V is the twenty-second letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English language is spelled vee ....
Minuscule Forms (also called lowercase or small letters)
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It is the smallest alphabet
Alphabet

An alphabet is a standardized set of letter basic written symbols each of which roughly represents a phoneme, a spoken language, either as it exists now or as it was in the past....
 in use today. The majority of the Rotokas people are literate in their language.

Pronunciation


The vowel letters have their IPA values, though they may be written double, aa, ee, ii, oo, uu, for long vowels. The consonant letters have the following values:

  • G: or
  • K:
  • P:
  • R: , or
  • S: or (only occurs before I and in the name Rotokas)
  • T: (never occurs before I)
  • V: or


Short sample


Osireitoarei avukava iava ururupavira toupasiveira.
"The old woman's eyes are shut."


See also

  • Pahlavi for a similarly short alphabet of the first millennium.