| Coastal Konjo | |
| States: | Indonesia |
| Region: | South Sulawesi |
| Date: | 2010 census |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Familycolor: | Austronesian |
| Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam3: | South Sulawesi |
| Fam4: | Makassaric |
| Iso3: | kjc |
| Glotto: | coas1295 |
| Glottorefname: | Coastal Konjo |
Coastal Konjo is an Austronesian language of Sulawesi, Indonesia, which belongs to the Makassaric branch of the South Sulawesi subgroup. It is spoken along the coast in the southeastern corner of South Sulawesi in the regencies of Sinjai, Bulukumba and Bantaeng.[1] [2] It is closely related to, but distinct from Highland Konjo, which also belongs to the Makassaric languages.
The following sound inventory is based on Friberg & Friberg (1991).[3]
| High | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
| Low | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
| voiced | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Fricative | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||
| Semivowel | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||
| Lateral | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||
| Trill | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||
Only pronounced as /link/ and pronounced as /link/ can appear in final position. Words with underlying final pronounced as //s//, pronounced as //l// or pronounced as //r// add an echo vowel, e.g. pronounced as //nipis// pronounced as /['nipisi]/ 'thin'.
Personal pronouns in Coastal Konjo have one independent form, and three bound forms.[4]
| free | ergative | absolutive | possessive | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.sg./1.pl.excl. | nakke | ku- | -a | -ku | |
| 1.pl.incl./2.honorific | gitte | ki- | -ki | -ta | |
| 2.familiar | kau | nu- | -ko | -mu | |
| 3. | ia | na- | -i | -na |