Yamdena language

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Yamdena
Native to Indonesia
Region Maluku Islands
Native speakers
69,000 (2023) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 jmd
Glottolog yamd1240

Yamdena is an Austronesian language of Yamdena and surrounding islands in the Maluku Islands in Indonesia. In 1991 there were an estimated 25,000 speakers of the language. Current BPS data has the present number of speakers at 69,000.

Contents

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar
Plosive voicelessptk
voicedbd
prenasalᵐpⁿd
Fricative fs
Nasal mnŋ
Rhotic r
Lateral l
Approximant wj

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close iu
Mid eo
Open a

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References

  1. Yamdena at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Mettler, Heidi & Anton (1990). Yamdena phonology. Workpapers in Indonesian Languages and Cultures 8: Pattimura University. pp. 29–79.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)