Manusela language

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Manusela
Wahinama
Sou Upaa
Native to Indonesia (Maluku Islands)
Region Seram
Ethnicity Manusela people
Native speakers
(7,000 cited 1989) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 wha
Glottolog manu1258

Manusela is an Austronesian language spoken in Seram, Indonesia. It is classified by Collins (1983) as a member of the Central Maluku subgroup. [2]

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Phonology

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ( ɲ )( ŋ )
Plosive p t k
Fricative f s h
Rhotic r
Lateral l
Semivowel w j

ɲ] as well as voiced stops [bdɡ] appear in loanwords from other languages. [3]

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References

  1. Manusela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Collins, James T. (1983). The Historical Relationships of the Languages of Central Maluku, Indonesia. Pacific Linguistics D-47. Canberra: Australian National University. doi:10.15144/PL-D47.
  3. Chlenova, Svetlana (2012). Манусела, Язык Центрального Серама: Материалы и Заметки. Victor A. Pogadaev (ed.), Malay-Indonesian Studies (dedicated to the 80th birthday of Vilen Sikorsky): Moscow: Econ-Inform. pp. 128–173.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

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