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Kajin M̧ajeļ Marshallese
Family	Sub-family	Language of	Script
Austronesian	Micronesian	Marshall Islands	Latin

This page is still incomplete. It's being worked on.

A

Ā

B

D

E

I

J

K

L

Ļ

M

M̧

N

Ņ

N̄

O

O̧

Ō

P

R

T

U

Ū

W

A

ā

b

d

e

i

j

k

l

ļ

m

m̧

n

ņ

n̄

o

o̧

ō

p

r

t

u

ū

w

The alphabet contains 24 letters, of which some have a cedilla or a macron making Marshallese not only easy to recognize in its written form, but also difficult to type on a computer.

Marshallese has two different spelling systems

When missionaries first came to the Marshall Islands, they developed a spelling system for the language. Although this spelling system was not very consistent or accurate, it has been the only system until recently. It can be seen in newspapers, signs, and many other places. Recently a new, much more consistent spelling system has been developed which also represents the sounds of the language more closely. The new system is the one used by the Marshallese-English Dictionary by Abo et al, which is the only complete Marshallese dictionary available to date.

Below is a pronunciation chart comparing the two systems.

Vowels
New	Old	IPA	Sampa	Comments
A a	A a	[a]		as a in "father"
Ā ā	E, Ā	/ɐ/ [ɔ]		as a in "father"
	E e	[e]		as e in "example"
	I i	[i]		as i in "issue"
	O o	[o]		as o in "code"
	U u	[u]		as u in "clue"
Consonants
New	Old	IPA	Sampa	Comments
	B b	[b]		as b in "baby"
	D d	[d]		as d in "doctor"
	F f	[f]		as f in "feet"
	G g	[g]		as g in "ghost"
	H h	[h]		as h in "help"
	J j	[ʤ]	[dZ]	as j in "jew"
	K k	[k]		as k in "kill"
	L l	[l]		as l in "law"
	M m	[m]		as m in "month"
	N n	[n]		as n in "name"
	P p	[p]		as p in "palm"
	R r	[r]		as Spanish r or dd in "ladder"
	S s	[s]		as s in "sail"
	T t	[t]		as t in "top"
	V v	[v]		as v in "vibe"
	W w	[w]		as w in "weigh"
	Y y	[j]	[y]	as y in "yes"
Dipthongs
New	Old	IPA	Sampa	Comments
	ai	[ai]		as i in "time"
	au	[au]		as ow in "cow"
	oi	[oi]		as oy in "boy"

Marshallese pages
Introduction · Lexicon · Pronouns· Sounds and Writing · Verbs

Austronesian Languages
Bornean	Malagasy
Central Pacific	Fijian · Rotuman
Independent CE Malayo-Polynesian	Chamorro · Palauan
Malayo-Sumbawan	Balinese · Indonesian · Javanese · Madurese · Malay · Sundanese
Micronesian	Gilbertese · Marshallese · Nauruan
Polynesian	Hawaiian · Māori · Niuean · Rapa Nui · Samoan · Tahitian · Tokelauan · Tongan · Tuvaluan
Philippine	Cebuano · Ilokano · Tagalog
Timor-Babar	Tetum