Coastal Konjo language

Coastal Konjo
Coastal Konjo
Konjo Ilau’, Konjo Bulukkumba
Native to	Indonesia
Region	South Sulawesi
Native speakers	170,000 (2010 census)
Language family	Austronesian Makassaric Coastal Konjo; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kjc
Glottolog	coas1295
	Map showing the distribution of the South Sulawesi languages in Sulawesi and Kalimantan. Bentong language is marked with number 6 in the Makassar languages group.
	Coordinates: 5°25′0.00″S 120°18′0.01″E / 5.4166667°S 120.3000028°E

Coastal Konjo is an

Makassaric languages

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Phonology

The following sound inventory is based on Friberg & Friberg (1991).^[4]

Vowels^[4]
	Front	Back
High	i	u
Mid	e	o
Low	a

The vowel /a/ is realized as [ə] before geminate nasals.

Consonants^[4]
		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	t͡ʃ	k	ʔ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiced	b	d	d͡ʒ	ɡ
Fricative			s			h
Semivowel				j	w
Lateral			l
Trill			r

Only [ŋ] and [ʔ] can appear in final position. Words with underlying final /s/, /l/ or /r/ add an echo vowel, e.g. /nipis/ ['nipisi] 'thin'.

Grammar

Personal pronouns in Coastal Konjo have one independent form, and three bound forms.^[5]

Personal pronouns
	free	ergative	absolutive	possessive
1.sg./1.pl.excl.	nakke	ku-	-a	-ku
1.pl.incl./2.honorific	gitte	ki-	-ki	-ta
2.familiar	kau	nu-	-ko	-mu
3.	ia	na-	-i	-na

References

^ Coastal Konjo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
ISBN 0-85883-352-2
.

^ Friberg, T.; Laskowske, T. V. (1989). "South Sulawesi Languages" (PDF). In Sneddon, J. N. (ed.). Studies in Sulawesi Linguistics Part I. NUSA 31. Jakarta: Universitas Atma Jaya. pp. 1–17.

^ ^a ^b ^c Friberg, Barbara; Friberg, Timothy (1991). "Notes on Konjo Phonology" (PDF). In Sneddon, James N. (ed.). Studies in Sulawesi Linguistics, Part II. NUSA 33. Jakarta: Universitas Atma Jaya. pp. 71–115.

^ Friberg, Barbara (1996). "Konjo's Peripatetic Person Markers" (PDF). In Steinhauer, Hein (ed.). Papers in Austronesian Linguistics No. 3. Canberra: Australian National University. pp. 137–171.

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[e25-1] Coastal Konjo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] ISBN 0-85883-352-2
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[3] Friberg, T.; Laskowske, T. V. (1989). "South Sulawesi Languages" (PDF). In Sneddon, J. N. (ed.). Studies in Sulawesi Linguistics Part I. NUSA 31. Jakarta: Universitas Atma Jaya. pp. 1–17.

[Friberg_&_Friberg_1991-4] Friberg, Barbara; Friberg, Timothy (1991). "Notes on Konjo Phonology" (PDF). In Sneddon, James N. (ed.). Studies in Sulawesi Linguistics, Part II. NUSA 33. Jakarta: Universitas Atma Jaya. pp. 71–115.

[5] Friberg, Barbara (1996). "Konjo's Peripatetic Person Markers" (PDF). In Steinhauer, Hein (ed.). Papers in Austronesian Linguistics No. 3. Canberra: Australian National University. pp. 137–171.

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