Luang language
Austronesian language spoken in Maluku, Indonesia
Luang | |
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Literi Lagona | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Babar Islands |
Native speakers
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(18,000 cited 1995) [1] |
Austronesian
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ISO 639-3 |
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Glottolog |
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ELP | Luang |
Luang , also known as Literi Lagona (Letri Lgona), is an Austronesian language spoken in the Leti Islands and the Babar Islands in Maluku , Indonesia. It is closely related to the neighboring Leti language , with 89% shared basic vocabulary. [2]
Phonology
Consonants
Labial |
Dental
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Alveolar |
Dorsal | Glottal | ||
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Plosive | voiceless | p | t̪ | k | ʔ |
voiced | d | ɡ | |||
Fricative | f | s | h | ||
Nasal | m | n | |||
Trill | r | ||||
Lateral | l | ||||
Approximant | w | j |
- Palatalization and labialization [ʲ, ʷ] among sounds may occur when preceding glide sounds /w, j/ .
- /ɡ/ can be heard as [ɣ] in free variation.
- /m, n/ can be heard as [ŋ] when preceding /k/ .
- /w/ can be heard as [ʋ] when preceding a consonant. It can be heard as [v] when between two high vowels, and can also be heard freely as [β] when between a non-high vowel and a high vowel.
- /r/ can be heard as [ɾ] in fast speech.
- /t̪, d/ when palatalized as [t̪ʲ, dʲ] , can be heard as affricate sounds [tʃ, dʒ] when in fast speech.
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Open | a |
- An epenthetical schwa [ə̆] can be heard in between homorganic consonants.
- /e/ can be heard as [ɛ] word-medially in closed syllables, and in stressed and pre-stressed syllables.
- /a/ can be heard as [ə] word-finally and in both stressed and post-stressed syllables. [3]
References
- ↑ Luang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Taber, Mark (1993). " Toward a Better Understanding of the Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku ." Oceanic Linguistics , Vol. 32, No. 2 (Winter, 1993), pp. 389–441. University of Hawai'i.
- ↑ Taber, Kathleen & Mark (2015). Luang Grammar and Phonology Sketch . SIL International.
External links
- Luang Bible
- Taber, Kathleen B.; Taber, Mark H. (2015). Luang Grammar and Phonology Sketch . SIL e‑Books, 63. Dallas: SIL International.
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