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 | |
|---|---|---|
| High | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link |
| Mid | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link |
| Low | Template:IPA link | |
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
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
In transitive verbs the less agent-like argument is indexed by the absolutive enclitic.[3]Template:Rp
References
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