Bambam language

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Bambam
Pitu Ulunna Salu
Native to Indonesia
Region Sulawesi
Native speakers
40,000 (2010) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ptu
Glottolog bamb1270

Bambam (also: Pitu Ulunna Salu) is an Austronesian language of West Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is spoken in the Mambi and Tabang districts of Mamasa Regency, and in the Matangnga district of Polewali Mandar Regency. [2] Together with Aralle-Tabulahan, Ulumanda', Pannei and Dakka, Bambam belongs to the Pitu Ulunna Salu languages, which form a subbranch within the Northern branch of the South Sulawesi subgroup. [3]

Contents

Phonology

Vowel phonemes [2] [4]
Front Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open/Near-open æ ɑ
Consonant phonemes [2] [4]
Labial Alveolar Postalveolar Velar Glottal
Stop/
Affricate
voiceless p t k
voiced b d d͡ʒ g
Fricative β [lower-alpha 1] s h
Nasal m n ŋ
Lateral l
  1. /β/ only occurs in certain dialects, the prestige variant merges it with /b/

/k/ is realized as [ ʔ ] in morpheme-final position, e.g. /ænæk/[ænæʔ] 'child'.

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References

  1. Bambam at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. 1 2 3 Campbell, Philip J. (1989). Some Aspects of Pitu Ulunna Salu Grammar: A Typological Approach (MA thesis). University of Texas at Arlington.
  3. Friberg, Timothy; Laskowske, Thomas V. (1989). "South Sulawesi languages" (PDF). In J.N. Sneddon (ed.). Studies in Sulawesi linguistics part 1. NUSA 17. Jakarta: Badan Penyelenggara Seri Nusa. pp. 1–17.
  4. 1 2 Campbell, Philip J. (1991). "Phonology of Pitu Ulunna Salu" (PDF). In Rene van den Berg (ed.). Workpapers in Indonesian Languages and Cultures (PDF). Vol. 12, Sulawesi phonologies. Ujung Pandang, Sulawesi: Summer Institute of Linguistics. pp. 1–52. ISBN   979-8132-85-8.

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