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Toward a Tobian-English Dictionary
Brief Explanation for you, the people of Tobi, of how this Dictionary came to be
Tobian Language Project:  Documenting Ramari Hatohobei, the Tobian Language
Tobian Phonology and Morphology: A. Capell.  Grammar and Vocabulary of the Language of Sonsorol-Tobi Reprinted in Oceania Linguistic Monographs, No. 12.  Sydney:  University of Sydney, 1969.    Note:   this material was originally prepared in 1948 and published in 1951 as CIMA (Coordinated Investigation of Micronesian Anthropology) Report No. 30.  Esther van den Berg. Linguistic Sketch of Hatohobeian and Sonsorolese a study of phonology and morphology, 2014.
Specialized Word Lists Fish Fish Dictionary by Robert E. Johannes Tobian Fish List compiled from various sources David Sapio's Tobian Fish Names Plants & Medicines Aunchalee Loscalzo's appendices to her dissertation—the data were collected in Echang and reflect a mixture of Tobian, Palauan, and English illness terms and plant names. Appendix A: Tobian Illness Terms (pronounciations provided by Justin Andrew) Appendix B: Botanical Pharmacopoeia of Echang Hamlet, Koror. Plants in Chuuk and Echang by Aunchalee Loscalzo. Preliminary list of plants commonly mentioned by Tobians as being medicinal by Aunchalee Loscalzo. Bodies & Their Parts from Isauro Andrew Canoe Parts from Isauro Andrew and Justin Andrew Clans of Tobifrom Isauro Andrew Colors from Isauro Andrew Conflict Words from Isauro Andrew Counting from Isauro Andrew Directionsfrom Sebastian Marino Kin Terms Noun Endings Phrases & Sentences Quackenbush Word List: Tobian Words 1968 and 2009 Solar Months & Lunar Monthsfrom Justin Andrew 13 Word Lists by David Sapio Tobian Sounds Weather from Isauro Andrew Word of the Week Archive Talk about Talk Rotary Pledge
Poems & Songs— . A poem, a story, and a challenge Pieri Wor, the Hatohobei State Song Old Fishing Song Two Poems by Ward Goodenough	Stories— The Story of Clans and Chickens The Story of Chasing a Ship Back Over the Horizon Fiyongori Horofati: The Story of Horofati
Prayers—. The Lord's Prayer by Soty Patris Versions of the Our Father Catholic Versions of Prayers
Tobian: general information from Ethnologue.com
Tobian is critically endangered according to UNESCO.  UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

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