Selaru language

Austronesian language in Central Maluku From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Selaru is an Austronesian language of Selaru and Yamdena, in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. Linguistically it is not close to Seluwasan, its nearest relative.

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Phonology

Consonants

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Labial Alveolar Dorsal Glottal
Plosive voiceless t k ʔ
voiced b d (ɡ)
Fricative f s h
Nasal m n
Trill r
Lateral l
Approximant w j
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  • /h/ can be heard as [x] before velar stops.
  • /k/ can be heard as [ɡ] within voiced environments.
  • Consonants preceding glide sounds are heard as either palatalized or labialized [ʲ, ʷ].[2]

Vowels

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