Socorran [CALP]
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Language type
A posteriori
Place & SpeakersSocorran is spoken in Socorro Island, Mexico.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Socorran
Socorran (a reo Motukohu, often simply a reo) is a Polynesian language spoken on Socorro Island of the Revillagigedo Islands in Mexico. A member of the Eastern-Polynesian language group, it is closely related to languages such as Hawai‘ian, Rapa Nui and Māori. The settler population of the island arrived around the fifteenth century, originating from Hawai‘i and the Marquesas Islands.
Socorran, being spoken on Socorro Island, is variously seen as forming a fifth point of a "Polynesian Pentagon," or being a Polynesian outlier language. It is frequently classified as a Marquesic language, placing alongside Hawai‘ian and the Marquesan dialects. Socorran does show some unique divergences and differences from the other Marquesic languages, possibly influenced by later settlers from Rapa Nui.
Socorran, being spoken on Socorro Island, is variously seen as forming a fifth point of a "Polynesian Pentagon," or being a Polynesian outlier language. It is frequently classified as a Marquesic language, placing alongside Hawai‘ian and the Marquesan dialects. Socorran does show some unique divergences and differences from the other Marquesic languages, possibly influenced by later settlers from Rapa Nui.
Language family relationships
Language treeAustronesian
⤷ Proto-Austronesian
⤷ Malayo-Polynesian
⤷ Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian
⤷ Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
⤷ Oceanic
⤷ Central-Eastern Oceanic
⤷ Central Pacific
⤷ Polynesian
⤷
Socorran
⤷ Proto-Austronesian
⤷ Malayo-Polynesian
⤷ Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian
⤷ Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
⤷ Oceanic
⤷ Central-Eastern Oceanic
⤷ Central Pacific
⤷ Polynesian
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Socorran[view] About AustronesianThe Austronesian languages are a language family widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia, Madagascar and the Pacific, with a few members on continental Asia, that are spoken by about 386 million people. A German scholar, Wilhelm Sch...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||
| Plosive | p | t | k | |||||||
| Fricative | v | h | ||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open | a | |||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Socorran. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| SocorranOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa a /a/ | Āā ā /a/ | Ee e /e/ | Ēē ē /e/ | Hh atiē /h/ | Ii i /i/ | Īī ī /i/ | Kk kē /k/ | Mm emē /m/ |
| Nn enē /n/ | Oo o /o/ | Ōō ō /o/ | Uu u /u/ | Ūū ū /u/ | Pp pē /p/ | Rr erē /ɾ/ | Tt tē /t/ | Vv vē /v/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||
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Socorran Sound Changes
Sound correspondences between Proto-Polynesian and A Reo
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