Tobian (Ramari Hatohobei) is the language of Tobi, one of the Southwest Islands of the Republic of Palau, a Micronesian nation in the western Pacific. Severely endangered, Tobian is currently spoken by approximately 150 people. Tobian and the dialects of Sonsorol, Merir, and Pulo Anna, the other three Southwest Islands, are closely related to the languages spoken in the outer islands of Yap and Chuuk. Intensive work was done with elderly Tobian speakers to document their language through collection of vocabulary, stories, poems, and songs in their relevant socio-cultural context before it is lost.
ELP Language
Tobian
Resource Types
Website
Media Image
Placeholder 1
Tag
Visual Arts, Artisanry, and Crafting
video
Video
Language in the Community
Language Documentation
language documentation
Creating Digital Materials
URL
http://hdl.handle.net/2196/64bb8850-a53d-42b4-b162-23091d844831