The Rotokas alphabet used in writing the Rotokas language is a subset of the Latin alphabet consisting of only the twelve letters:

It is the smallest alphabet in use today. The majority of the Rotokas people are literate in their language.

Pronunciation

The vowel letters have their IPA values, though they may be written double, aa, ee, ii, oo, uu, for long vowels. The consonant letters have the following values:

• G: [ɡ] or [ɣ]
• K: [k]
• P: [p]
• R: [d], [ɾ] or [l]
• S: [ts] or [s] (only occurs before I and in the name Rotokas)
• T: [t] (never occurs before I)
• V: [b] or [β]

Short sample

Osireitoarei avukava iava ururupavira toupasiveira.

"The old woman's eyes are shut."

See also

• Pahlavi for a similarly short alphabet of the first millennium.

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