Dawera-Daweloor language
Austronesian language spoken in Maluku, Indonesia
| Dawera-Daweloor | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Maluku |
Native speakers | 1,300 (2007)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ddw |
| Glottolog | dawe1237 |
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Dawera-Daweloor is an Austronesian language spoken in six villages on Dawera and Daweloor islands in South Maluku, Indonesia.
Phonology
Consonants
Dawera-Daweloor has the following consonants.[2]
| Bilabial | Coronal | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ||
| voiced | d | |||||
| Fricative | s | h | ||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Rhotic | r | |||||
| Semivowel | w | j | ||||
Vowels
Dawera-Daweloor has the following vowels.[2]
| front | back unrounded |
back rounded | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Non-High | e | a | o |
Notes
- ^ Dawera-Daweloor at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Chlenova 2002.
References
- Svetlana Chlenova. 2002. "Daweloor, A Southwest Moluccan Language," Malaisko-indoneziiskie Issledovanlija 15:145-175.
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