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ENGLISH |
ULITHIAN |
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Story: |
Fiyoang |
Story in general |
Hapungullaep |
Legend and Myth |
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Hachuuchuw |
Chants that are sung in lullabies |
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Haffedaeloel |
Chants that are sung in stories |
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Language: |
Yal'ool seew moa seew fiuliuy |
Language of each place |
To Talk, To Speak: |
Hapatpat |
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Mmwaliili |
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To Tell Stories: |
Fiyoang |
To say |
Soer |
To say something |
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Chooal fiyoang |
Teller of Stories |
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Supernatural Beings: |
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God |
Deewus |
Lord; God |
Yaelius |
The Supreme Being |
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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 |
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Meeapel ngali |
To pray to |
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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.
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