Alune language explained

Alune
States:Indonesia
Region:Maluku, Seram
Ethnicity:Alune
Speakers:17,000
Date:2000
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
Fam3:Central–Eastern MP
Fam4:Central Maluku ?
Fam5:East Central Maluku
Fam6:Seram ?
Fam7:Nunusaku
Fam8:Three Rivers
Fam9:Amalumute
Iso3:alp
Glotto:alun1238
Glottorefname:Alune

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

Phonology

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LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
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Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Plosivepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
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Fricativepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Rhoticpronounced as /link/
Lateralpronounced as /link/
Semivowelpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Vowels!!Front!Central!Back
Closepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Midpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Openpronounced as /link/

Notes and References

  1. E. Wattimury, Ny. A. Haulussy, and J. Pentury. Struktur Bahasa Alune. 1997. Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa.
  2. Book: Taguchi, Yushin & Takako. A phonology of Alune. 1990. Workpapers in Indonesian Languages and Cultures 8. 95-127.