Uma language

Austronesian language spoken in Sulawesi, Indonesia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Uma (known natively as Pipikoro) is an Austronesian language spoken in Central and South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

NativetoIndonesia
RegionSulawesi
Native speakers
(20,000 cited 1990)[1]
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Uma
Pipikoro
Native toIndonesia
RegionSulawesi
Native speakers
(20,000 cited 1990)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ppk
Glottologumaa1242
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Phonology

Consonants

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Consonant inventory
Bilabial Alveolar Palato-
(alveolar)		 Retroflex Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive/
Affricate		 voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d dʒ g
prenasalized ᵐp ⁿt ⁿtʃ ᵑk
Fricative β s h
Trill r
Approximant l j (ɭ)
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Notes:

  • /h/ acts as a nasal in some respects and causes the nasalization of non-front vowels (e.g., [hampulu'] 'ten'→/haᵐpuluʔ/ with nasal vowels).
  • /l/ is realized as retroflex [ɭ] contiguous to non-front vowels.
  • /ʔ/ is neutralized word-initially, and is the only consonant that can occur in the coda or word-finally.[2]
  • In the Lincio variety of Central Uma, /ⁿtʃ/ is pronounced /ns/.
  • The semivowel [j] is rare, found mainly in loan words.
  • The affricate /tʃ/ is found only following /n/, i.e., in the prenasalized stop /ⁿtʃ/.

Orthographic notes:

  • /β/ is 'w'
  • /ɲ/ is 'ny'
  • /ŋ/ is 'ng'
  • /j/ is 'y'
  • /dʒ/ is 'j'
  • /tʃ/ is 'c'
  • /ʔ/ is an apostrophe or simply 'ʔ'

Vowels

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Vowel inventory
Front Central Back
Close i u
Close-Mid e o
Open a
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Pronouns

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Pronominals
  Free ABS ERG GEN
1P (SG) akuʔ  -a  ku-  -ku 
1P (PL.ex) kaiʔ  -kai  ki-  -kai 
1P (PL.in) kitaʔ  -ta  ta-  -ta 
2P (SG) iko  -ko  nu-  -nu 
2P (PL) koiʔ  -koi  ni-  -ni 
3P (SG) hiʔa  -i  na-  -na 
3P (PL) hiraʔ  -ra  ra-  -ra 
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Notes:[2]

  • ABS refers to pronominals in the absolutive case, while ERG refers to the ergative and GEN to the genitive.
  • 1P means 'first person,' 2P means 'second person,' and 3P means 'third person.'
  • (SG) means 'singular' and (PL) means 'plural.' (PL.ex) means 'plural exclusive' and (PL.in) means 'plural inclusive.'
  • [∅-] means that ∅ is a proclitic.
  • [-∅] means that ∅ is an enclitic.
  • In the Tobaku, Tolee', and Winatu dialects, the possessives [-nu] and [-ni] are [-mu] and [-mi] respectively.
  • In the Tolee' and Winatu dialects, the absolutives [-kai] and [-koi] are [-kami] and [-komi] respectively. The free forms [kaiʔ] and [koiʔ] are [kamiʔ] and [komiʔ] respectively.

Numerals

The cardinal numbers from 1 to 10 are:

  1. isaʔ
  2. dua
  3. tolu
  4. opoʔ
  5. lima
  6. ono
  7. pitu
  8. walu
  9. sio
  10. hampuluʔ

Classification of Uma varieties

Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013) recognizes seven dialects of Uma.

  • Bana
  • Benggaulu (= Bingkolu)
  • Kantewu (= Central Uma)
  • Aria (= Southern Uma)
  • Tobaku (= Ompa, Dompa, Western Uma)
  • Tolee' (= Eastern Uma)
  • Winatu (= Northern Uma)

Martens (2014) recognized six major dialects of Uma,[3] noting that the Tori'untu dialect is nearly extinct due to the encroachment of the Kantewu dialect and non-Uma languages.

  • Kantewu (= Central)
  • Southern
  • Tolee'
  • Tobaku
  • Winatu
  • Tori'untu

Martens also identifies two dialects closely related to Uma spoken in the Pasangkayu Regency.

References

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