Alune language
| Alune | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Maluku, Seram |
| Ethnicity | Alune |
Native speakers | 17,000 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | alp |
| Glottolog | alun1238 |
| ELP | Alune |
Alune is an Austronesian language of west Seram in the Maluku archipelago of Indonesia.
Phonology
[edit]| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]- ^ 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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