Taliabo language

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Taliabo
Taliabu
Native to Indonesia, North Maluku
Region Taliabu Island
Native speakers
(4,900 cited 2000) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
tlv  – Taliabo
kzd  – Kadai
Glottolog tali1261
ELP Kadai

Taliabo (Taliabu) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on the island of the same name in the Moluccas of Indonesia.

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Dialects are:

The Siboyo dialect of Taliabo is notable for preserving Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *h, but only in word-initial position.

Phonology

Consonants

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

All stop sounds (except for /ʔ/) and fricatives /s,ʃ/, may also be prenasalized in both word-initial and word-medial positions as /ᵐb,ⁿd,ᶮdʒ,ᵑɡ/. [3] [4]

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a

References

  1. ↑ Taliabo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Kadai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Charles Grimes & Owen Edwards (in process) Wallacean subgroups: unravelling the prehistory and classification of the Austronesian languages of eastern Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Summary presentation at the 15th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics.
  3. ↑ Ridwan, Farida M.; Mulae, Sunaidin O.; Asriyani, Sherly (2020). Phonological Variation of Taliabu Language Dialects. Retorika Jurnal Bahasa Sastra dan Pengajarannya.
  4. ↑ Blust, Robert (1981). The Soboyo Reflexes of Proto-Austronesian *S. Historical Linguistics in Indonesia, Part 1. pp. 21–30.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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