Kula_language

Kula language

Kula language

Language spoken in Indonesia

Not to be confused with Kula language (Bantu), Kula language (Australian), or Kula language (Vanuatu).

Kula (Kola) or Lamtoka (Lantoka), also known as Tanglapui, is a Papuan language spoken in villages on the north coast, south coast and mountainous interior of Alor Island in Indonesia. Dialects are Kula proper, Kulatela, Watena, Kula Watena, Iramang, Larena, Sumang, and Arumaka. Most settlements where Kula is spoken are "new villages" that have only been inhabited since the 1960s. Due to this recent resettlement, and since usage of the language is discouraged in schools, Kula is an endangered language.[2]

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Phonology

The data in this section are taken from Williams (2017).[2] Phonemes in brackets are "marginal phonemes".

Consonants

More information Labial, Alveolar ...

Vowels

More information Front, Central ...

References

  1. [1]
    Kula at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Williams, Nicholas J. (2017). "Kula". In Schapper, Antoinette (ed.). The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 2. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 185–266.
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