Manusela_language

Manusela language

Manusela language

Austronesian language spoken in Maluku, Indonesia

Manusela is an Austronesian language spoken in Seram, Indonesia. It is classified by Collins (1983) as a member of the Central Maluku subgroup.[2]

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Phonology

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[ŋ ɲ] as well as voiced stops [b d ɡ] appear in loanwords from other languages.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Manusela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Collins, James T. (1983). The Historical Relationships of the Languages of Central Maluku, Indonesia. Pacific Linguistics D-47. Canberra: Australian National University. doi:10.15144/PL-D47.
  3. [3]
    Chlenova, Svetlana (2012). Манусела, Язык Центрального Серама: Материалы и Заметки. Victor A. Pogadaev (ed.), Malay-Indonesian Studies (dedicated to the 80th birthday of Vilen Sikorsky): Moscow: Econ-Inform. pp. 128–173.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

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