Paluʼe language

Paluʼe
Paluʼe
Sara Lu'a, Patha Lu'a
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Palue Island
Ethnicity	Palue
Native speakers	(10,000 cited 1997)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern MP Sumba–Flores Ende–Manggarai Central Flores Paluʼe; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ple
Glottolog	palu1252
ELP	Palu'e
	Paluʼe Paluʼe Paluʼe
	Coordinates: 8.33°S 121.72°E
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Paluʼe (also spelled Palue and Paluqe; native name Lu'a)^[1] is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on Paluʼe Island, Indonesia.

EthnicityPalue

Native speakers

(10,000 cited 1997)^[2]

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		Labial	Alveolar	Post- alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasals		m	n		ŋ
Plosives and affricates	Voiceless	p	t	tʃ	k	ʔ
	Voiced		d	dʒ	ɡ
	Prenasalized	ⁿb	ⁿd		ⁿɡ
Implosive		ɓ
Fricatives		v	s
Lateral			l
Rhotic			r

Phonology

Paluʼe
Sara Lu'a, Patha Lu'a^[1]
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Palue Island
Ethnicity	Palue
Native speakers	(10,000 cited 1997)^[2]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern MP Sumba–Flores Ende–Manggarai Central Flores Paluʼe
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`ple`
Glottolog	`palu1252`
ELP	Palu'e
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Coordinates: 8.33°S 121.72°E / -8.33; 121.72
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