Termanu language

Language spoken in Indonesia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Termanu is an Austronesian language spoken in Roti Island, off Timor, Indonesia. It belongs to the Rote–Meto subgroup of the Timoric variety of the Central–Eastern branch of Malayo-Polynesian languages spoken in the region. Speakers of Korbafo and Bokai dialects of Termanu are ethnically distinct.

NativetoIndonesia
RegionRote Island
EthnicityRotenese
Native speakers
30,000 (2002)[1]
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Termanu
Pa'da
Central Rote
Native toIndonesia
RegionRote Island
EthnicityRotenese
Native speakers
30,000 (2002)[1]
Dialects
  • Termanu
  • South Termanu
  • Korbafo
  • Bokai
Language codes
ISO 639-3twu
Glottologterm1237
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Phonology

Consonants

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Labial Apical Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Stop voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d̪
prenasal ᵐp ᵐb ⁿd ᵑɡ
Fricative f s h
Lateral l
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  • /ᵑɡ, l/ have variants of [ɡ, ɾ] in other dialects.
  • Sounds [w, j] also occur in loanwords and interjections.

Vowels

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Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low a
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Vowel length is also distributed.[2]

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