Story:

Fiyoang

Story in general

Hapungullaep

Legend and Myth

Hachuuchuw

Chants that are sung in lullabies

Haffedaeloel

Chants that are sung in stories

Language:

Yal'ool seew moa seew fiuliuy

Language of each place

To Talk, To Speak:

Hapatpat

Mmwaliili

To Tell Stories:

Fiyoang

To say

Soer

To say something

Chooal fiyoang

Teller of Stories

Supernatural Beings:

God

Deewus

Lord; God

Yaelius

The Supreme Being

Morality:

Hafle nnguluch

To set our spirits right

Spiritual Energy:

Kkeealel yaelius

Strength of The Supreme Being

To Pray:

Meeapel

To pray or a prayer

Meeapelae

To pray for

Meeapel ngali

To pray to

Meeapelel

Prayer for

Note on Pronunciation: This is a brief outline of some of the spelling and pronunciation issues for Ulithian orthography. Its intention is to help readers to better pronounce the many Ulithian words used in this web-site.

• The letters of the consonants are b, ch, d, f, g, h, k, l, l', m, mw, n, ng, p, r, s, t, w and y.

• B is pronounced as bw anywhere it appears, as there is no b as in English "boy" in the Ulithian language, unless it is a borrowed word.

• D is pronounced like th wherever it appears. Ulithians do not have the English sound of d as in "dog," however, they're using the symbol D to represent the th sound.

• Ch is pronounced as ch, unlike the Palauan language where ch represents a sort of glottal stop. There are no glottal stops in the Ulithian language.

• When consonants are doubled, it indicates that the sound in stressed or emphasized.

• Some consonants are already doubled—ch, mw, ng—so when stressing, the symbol in the initial position is doubled. E.g., ch–cch, mw–mmw, ng–nng.

• The consonants g and h, when used at the beginning of a verb, automatically become K.

• When vowels are doubled, it indicates that the sound is held longer.