Change:

Sa wel;
Taay iy

--a happening
--not the original

Move, Movement

Mwagudgud

History

Kofel chaepdohol'

--about its origin

Travel

Way

Sightseeing

Yeesfaeliu

Visitor

Choaweldoh

Horse

Wooas

Ride Horseback

Daegdegel wooas

Cattle

Karbow

--from "carabao"

To work with cattle

Chooal hammongooal karbow

--one who feeds cattle

Earthquake

Fal'mwar, Fal'mwoar

Tsunami

L'ooadaer

War

Fedeg

Survival

Mele sibe mol'oaw iyang

--what we will live on

Money

Sal'piy

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.