Language spoken in Indonesia
Termanu is a Central Malayo-Polynesian language of Roti Island , off Timor, Indonesia. Speakers of Korbafo and Bokai dialects are ethnically distinct.
Phonology [ edit ] Consonants [ edit ] /ᵑɡ, l/ have variants of [ɡ, ɾ] in other dialects. Sounds [w, j] also occur in loanwords and interjections. Vowel length is also distributed.[2]
References [ edit ] ^ Termanu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) ^ Fox, James J.; Grimes, Charles E. (1995). "Roti". In Tryon, Darrell T. (ed.). Comparative Austronesian dictionary: an introduction to Austronesian studies . Vol. 1. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. pp. 611–621. Sources [ edit ]
* indicates proposed status ? indicates classification dispute † indicates extinct status
* indicates proposed status ? indicates classification dispute † indicates extinct status