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Austronesian language of Indonesia
Alune is an Austronesian language of west Seram in the Maluku archipelago of Indonesia.
Phonology
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
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plain | lab. | ||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||||
Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | kʷ | ||
voiced | b | d | |||||
Fricative | s | h | |||||
Rhotic | r | ||||||
Lateral | l | ||||||
Semivowel | w | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Open | a |
- /d/ can be heard as a trill [r] in word-initial and intervocalic positions, and may also fluctuate to an affricate [dʒ] sound.
- /n/ can be heard as a velar nasal [ŋ] when preceding velar stops.[2][3]
References
- ^ Alune at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ E. Wattimury, Ny. A. Haulussy, and J. Pentury. Struktur Bahasa Alune. 1997. Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa.
- ^ Taguchi, Yushin & Takako (1990). "A phonology of Alune". Workpapers in Indonesian Languages and Cultures 8. pp. 95–127.
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† indicate extinct languages |
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