Harshen Woleaian

**Woleai** shine babban yaren tsibirin Woleai da ƙananan tsibirai da ke kewaye da shi a jihar Yap na Tarayyar Tarayyar Micronesia . Woleaian yare ne na Chuukic . A cikin wannan iyali, danginsa mafi kusa shine Satawalese, wanda yake da fahimtar juna. Kimanin mutane 1700 ne ke magana da harshen Woleaian. Woleai yana da tsarin rubuce-rubuce na kansa, syllabary wanda ya dogara da haruffa na Latin.

## Gabatarwa

### Tarihi
Yawancin masu magana da Woleaian ko Woleaians kamar yadda aka fi sani da su galibi ana samun su a cikin Tarayyar Tarayyar Micronesia, da Tsakiyar Tsakiya da Gabashin Caroline Islands. Fiye da haka ana samun mafi yawan masu magana a Jihar Yap a Micronesia inda ake ɗaukar Woleaian a matsayin harshen hukuma. Yawancin masu magana da Woleaian an rarraba su a matsayin Pacific Islanders da Micronesia (People-In-Country Profile). Tsibirin Yap ya kasu kashi biyu: Yap Proper, wanda ya ƙunshi Gagil, Tomil, Fanif, Weloy, da Rull - da Yap Outer Islands, wanda ya haɗa da Ulithi, Faris / Sorol, Ngulu, Woleai, Eauripik, Ifalik, Faraulap, Elato, Lamotrek da Satawal. Baya ga Woleaian, masu magana da yawa a Yap da sauran wuraren da ke kusa da su suna magana da wasu harsuna, kamar Yapese, Satawalese, Ulithian, Turanci, Chuukese, Kosraean, Pingelapese, Pohnpeian, Mwoakilloan, da wasu Harsunan Asiya da Polynesia.Harshen Woleaian da al'adu suna da matukar muhimmanci ga mutanen Woleai, da kuma tarihin su. Tarihin Woleaian ya wuce daga tsara zuwa tsara ta hanyar ba da labari. Ta hanyar yin haka wannan yana taimakawa wajen kiyaye yarensu da rai. Kazalika da ba da tarihin su, suna kuma ba da kiɗan su, wanda ke da mahimmanci a gare su. Wani muhimmin bangare na al'adunsu shine tufafinsu. Tufafin su yana da mahimmanci a gare su cewa suna da ƙa'idodi masu tsauri game da sanya kowane irin tufafin yamma. Suna kuma jin daɗin amfani da jiragen ruwa don zagayawa maimakon jiragen ruwa, da abubuwa masu sauƙi kamar kyawawan rairayin bakin teku da yin kamun kifi. Suna kuma jin daɗin aiki da kasancewa tare da iyalansu da abokai.

### Yawan jama'a
A shekara ta 1987, an dauki ƙididdigar Yap kuma an ba da rahoton cewa akwai kimanin mutane 1,630 da ke magana da yaren. Shekaru 13 bayan haka lokacin da aka yi ƙidayar a shekara ta 2000 akwai karuwar masu magana kuma kimanin mutane 5,000 suna magana ko sun san yaren. Daga cikin wadannan masu magana 5,000 kimanin 4,500 daga cikinsu sun yi magana da Woleaian a matsayin yarensu na farko kuma 500 daga cikinsu a matsayin yaransu na biyu.

### Rarraba
An rarraba Woleaian a matsayin:
 

## Fasahar sauti
Woleaian yana da geminate (tsawon) consonants da wasula.

A cikin orthography na Sohn (1975),  tare da wasu kusanci a cikin IPA, kayan shine,

Sautin suna faruwa da tsawo da gajeren lokaci, ban da *eo* da oa, waɗanda ake samu ne kawai da tsawo.

Duk s*a* masu sauƙi sai dai a na iya faruwa a matsayin sautuna marasa murya a matsayi na ƙarshe.  (Duk sautuna masu sauƙi na iya faruwa a matsayin sautuna na ƙarshe.) Kodayake waɗannan sautunan da ba su da murya gabaɗaya ba a rubuta su ta hanyar masu magana da asali ba, suna wakiltar muhimmiyar canji a cikin furcin tsakanin kalmomin da aka rubuta su iri ɗaya. Misali:

## Manazarta