Wejewa language

Wejewa
Wejewa
West Sumbanese
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Sumba Island
Native speakers	(65,000 cited 1997–2011)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Sumba–Flores Sumba–Hawu Sumba Wejewa–Lamboya Wejewa; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Weyewa proper; Loura; Tana Righu; Ve Luri; Wai Bangga; Loliina;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; wew – Wejewa; lur – Laura
Glottolog	weje1237
ELP	Weyewa

Last updated February 28, 2025

Wejewa (Weyewa, Wewewa) is an Austronesian language spoken on Sumba, Indonesia.

Phonology

Consonants^[2]
	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p	t	( c )	k	ʔ
Prenasalized	ᵐb	ⁿd		ᵑg
Implosive	ɓ	ɗ	( ʄ )	ɠ
Fricative		s
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Approximant	w	r , l	j

The phonemes /cʄ/ are very rare, occurring in four words in total.

Vowels^[2]
	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e		o
Low		a

References

↑ Wejewa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Laura at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
1 2 Bulu, Yuliana (2018). Fonologi bahasa Wewewa di desa Weekombaka, kecamatan Wewewa Barat, Sumba Barat Daya, NTT: sebuah kajian awal (Thesis) (in Indonesian). Tambolaka, Sumba Barat Daya: Sekolah Tinggi Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan (STKIP) Weetebula.

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[e18-1] Wejewa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Laura at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[:0-2] 1 2 Bulu, Yuliana (2018). Fonologi bahasa Wewewa di desa Weekombaka, kecamatan Wewewa Barat, Sumba Barat Daya, NTT: sebuah kajian awal (Thesis) (in Indonesian). Tambolaka, Sumba Barat Daya: Sekolah Tinggi Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan (STKIP) Weetebula.

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