Alune_language

Alune language

Alune language

Austronesian language of Indonesia

Alune is an Austronesian language of west Seram in the Maluku archipelago of Indonesia.

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Phonology

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  • /d/ can be heard as a trill [r] in word-initial and intervocalic positions, and may also fluctuate to an affricate [dʒ] sound.
  • /n/ can be heard as a velar nasal [ŋ] when preceding velar stops.[2][3]

References

  1. [1]
    Alune at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    E. Wattimury, Ny. A. Haulussy, and J. Pentury. Struktur Bahasa Alune. 1997. Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa.
  3. [3]
    Taguchi, Yushin & Takako (1990). "A phonology of Alune". Workpapers in Indonesian Languages and Cultures 8. pp. 95–127.
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