Gebe language

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Gebe
Minyaifuin
Native to Indonesia
Native speakers
(2,700 cited 2000) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 gei
Glottolog gebe1237
ELP Gebe

Gebe, or Minyaifuin, is an Austronesian language of eastern Indonesia, spoken on the Gebe islands between Halmahera and Waigeo.

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Phonology

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive/
Affricate 		voiceless p t tʃ k ( ʔ )
voiced b d ɡ
Fricative f s h
Rhotic r
Lateral l
Approximant w j

[ʔ] only appears when within the sequence of vowels in syllable-final positions. [2]

Voiced sounds /b, d/ may also be articulated by speakers as implosive sounds [ɓ, ɗ] when in word-initial or intervocalic positions. [3]

Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i u
Close-mid e o
Open-mid ɛ ɔ
Open a ɑ

References

  1. ↑ Gebe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Burhanuddin, Sumarlam dan Mahsun (2017). Kedudukan bahasa Gebe di Halmahera Tengah Maluku Utara: Studi pendahuluan dari aspek linguistik historis. Arkhais: Jurnal Ilmu Bahasa dan Sastra Indonesia. 8 (1). pp. 1–7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ↑ Bax, (2019)

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