Manusela language
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Austronesian language spoken in Maluku, Indonesia
Manusela | |
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Wahinama | |
Sou Upaa | |
Native to | Seram |
Ethnicity | Manusela people |
Native speakers | (7,000 cited 1989)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | wha |
Glottolog | manu1258 |
Manusela is an
Phonology
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
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Nasal | m | n
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(ɲ) | (ŋ) | |
Plosive | p | t
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k | ||
Fricative | f | s | h | ||
Rhotic | r
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Lateral | l
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Semivowel | w | j |
[ŋ ɲ] as well as voiced stops [b d ɡ] appear in loanwords from other languages.[3]
Front | Back | |
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Close | i | u |
Mid | e | o |
Open | a |
References
- ^ Manusela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- doi:10.15144/PL-D47.
- ^ Chlenova, Svetlana (2012). Манусела, Язык Центрального Серама: Материалы и Заметки. Victor A. Pogadaev (ed.), Malay-Indonesian Studies (dedicated to the 80th birthday of Vilen Sikorsky): Moscow: Econ-Inform. pp. 128–173.
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Further reading
- Chlenova, Svetlana (Членова С.Ф.) (2012). "Manusela, yazyk Tsentral'nogo Serama: materialy i zametki" Манусела, язык Центрального Серама: материалы и заметки [Manusela, the language of Central Seram: materials and notes]. In Pogadaev, Victor A. (Погадаев В. А.) (ed.). Малайско-индонезийские исследования (к 80-летию В. В. Сикор-ского)/Malay-Indonesian Studies (dedicated to the 80th birthday of Vilen Sikorsky) (in Russian). Moscow: Econ-Inform. pp. 128–173. ISBN 978-5-9506-0839-1.
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- * indicates proposed status
- ? indicates classification dispute
- † indicates extinct status
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