Dawera-Daweloor language
| Dawera-Daweloor | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Maluku |
Native speakers | 1,300 (2007)[1] |
|
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
ddw |
| Glottolog |
dawe1237[2] |
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.[3]
| Bilabial | Coronal | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop: voiceless | p | t | k | ||
| Stop: voiced | d | ||||
| Fricative | s | h | |||
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Lateral | l | ||||
| Rhotic | r | ||||
| Semivowel | w | j |
Vowels
Dawera-Daweloor has the following vowels.[3]
| front | back unrounded | back rounded | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Non-High | e | a | o |
Notes
- ↑ Dawera-Daweloor at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Dawera-Daweloor". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- 1 2 Chlenova 2002.
References
- Svetlana Chlenova. 2002. "Daweloor, A Southwest Moluccan Language," Malaisko-indoneziiskie Issledovanlija 15:145-175.
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