Sawai language
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The Sawai language (also Weda) is a South Halmahera language of the Austronesian language family spoken in the Weda and Gane Timor districts of southern Halmahera, northern Maluku Province, Indonesia. There are approximately 12,000 speakers.
Sounds
Below is a description of the Kobe dialect of Sawai spoken in the villages of Lelilef Woyebulan and Kobe Peplis, as well as from Whistler (1995).
Consonants
Sawai has 15 consonants:
Vowels
Sawai has eight vowels:
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | |
| High-Mid | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link |
| Low-Mid | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | |
| Low | Template:IPA link |
Syllable
Sawai has the following syllable structure:
- (C)(C)V(C)
Examples:
| word | gloss | syllable type |
|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "IPA". | 's/he/it' | V |
| Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'fish' | VC |
| Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'alcoholic drink' | CV |
| Script error: No such module "IPA". | 's/he/it gives' | CCV |
| Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'magic statue' | CVC |
| Script error: No such module "IPA". | 's/he/it goes' | CCVC |
References
Bibliography
- Burquest, Donald A.; & Laidig, Wyn D. (Eds.). (1992). Phonological studies in four languages of Maluku. The Summer Institute of Linguistics and the University of Texas at Arlington publications in linguistics (No. 108). Dallas: The Summer Institute of Linguistics, The University of Texas at Arlington, and Pattimura University. Template:ISBN.
- Whistler, Ronald. (1992). Phonology of Sawai. In D. A. Burquest & W. D. Laidig (Eds.), Phonological studies in four languages of Maluku (pp. 7–32). Dallas: The Summer Institute of Linguistics, The University of Texas at Arlington, and Pattimura University.
- Whistler, Ronald; & Whistler, Jacqui. (1995). Sawai: Introduction and wordlist. In D. T. Tryon (Ed.), Comparative Austronesian dictionary: An introduction to Austronesian studies (part 1: fascicle 1, pp. 659–65). Trends in linguistics, Documentation (No. 10). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
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