Selayar language

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Selayar or Selayarese is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by about 100,000 people on the island of Selayar in South Sulawesi province, Indonesia.[1]Template:Rp

Phonology

Vowels

Front Back
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Vowels are lengthened when stressed and in an open syllable.

Nasalization

Nasalization extends from nasal consonants to the following vowels, continuing until blocked by an intonation break or a consonant other than a glottal stop:

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Consonants

Bilabial Coronal Palatal Velar Glottal
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Plosive prenasalized Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
voiced Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
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Fricative Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
Lateral Template:IPA link
Rhotic Template:IPA link

Of the coronals, the voiceless stop is dental, while the others are alveolar.

Morphology

Selayarese intransitive verbs index pronominal arguments via an absolutive enclitic.[2][3]Template:Rp

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In transitive verbs the less agent-like argument is indexed by the absolutive enclitic.[3]Template:Rp

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References

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