The Central dialect of Rotokas possesses one of the world's smallest phonemic consonantal inventories. Central Rotokas has a
vowel length distinction between long and short,
Consonants Whereas Central Rotokas has only six consonantal phonemes, Aita Rotokas has nine; Aita adds phonemic nasals (e.g. this example of a minimal pair, vs. ). The Central dialect's limited inventory likely arose by collapsing the phonemic distinction between nasals and non-nasals. == Grammar ==