Makasae language
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)Makasae | |
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Native to | Trans–New Guinea ?
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Dialects |
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Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mkz |
Glottolog | maka1316 |
Distribution of Makasae mother-tongue speakers in East Timor | |
Distribution of Makalero Distribution of Sa'ane | |
Coordinates: 8°39′S 126°30′E / 8.650°S 126.500°E |
Makasae (also known as Makassai, Macassai, Ma'asae, Makasai) is a
Viqueque, just to the west of Fataluku. It is the most widely spoken Papuan language west of New Guinea
.
Phonology
The data in this section are from Huber (2017).[2]
Consonants
Native consonant phonemes are shown in the chart below for the Ossu dialect. Borrowed consonants are enclosed in parentheses.
Labial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | |||||
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Plosive
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b | t | d | k | g | ʔ | ||
Fricative
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f | s | h | |||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||||
Lateral | l | |||||||
Trill | r |
Vowels
Monophthongs
Makasae has five vowel phonemes.
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i (i:) | u (u:) | |
Mid | e (e:) | o (o:) | |
Open | a (a:) |
References
- ^ Makasae at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Huber, Juliette (2017). "Makalero and Makasae". In Schapper, Antoinette (ed.). The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 2. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 267–351.
Further reading
- Huber, Juliette (2008). First steps towards a grammar of Makasae: a language of East Timor. LINCOM
- Correia, Aderito (2011). Describing Makasae: a trans-New Guinea language of East Timor (Ph.D. thesis). University of Western Sydney.
- Fogaça, Jessé Silveira (2011). Fonética e fonologia da língua Makasae [Phonetics and phonology of the Makasae language] (Master's thesis) (in Portuguese). University of Brasília.
- Fogaça, Jessé Silveira (2015). Aspectos gramaticais da língua makasae de timor-leste : fonologia, morfologia e sintaxe [Grammar aspects of the East Timorese Makasae language: phonology, morphology and syntax] (Doctor's thesis) (in Portuguese). University of Brasília. .
External links
- Makasai at The Language Archive