Selaru
Native toIndonesia
RegionTanimbar Islands
Native speakers
8,000 (2001)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3slu
Glottologsela1259

Selaru is an Austronesian language of Selaru and Yamdena, in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. Linguistically it is not close to Seluwasan, its nearest relative.

Phonology

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Consonants

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Labial Alveolar Dorsal Glottal
Plosive voiceless t k ʔ
voiced b d (ɡ)
Fricative f s h
Nasal m n
Trill r
Lateral l
Approximant w j

Vowels

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Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a

References

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  1. ^ Selaru at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Coward, David F. (2005). An Introduction to the Grammar of Selaru (PDF). SIL International.

Further reading

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