Indi language explained
The Indi language or Mag-indi (or Mag-Indi Ayta) is a Sambalic language with around 5,000 speakers. It is spoken within Philippine Aeta communities in San Marcelino, Zambales, and in the Pampango municipalities of Floridablanca (including in Nabuklod[1]) and Porac. There are also speakers in Lumibao and Maague-ague.[2]
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
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Plosive | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
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voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | | pronounced as /link/ | |
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Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | | pronounced as /link/ | |
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Fricative | | pronounced as /link/ | | | |
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Lateral | | pronounced as /link/ | | | |
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Rhotic | | pronounced as /link/ | | | |
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Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | | pronounced as /link/ | | | |
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Vowels
[3] See also
Further reading
Notes and References
- Stone . Roger . 2008 . The Sambalic Languages of Central Luzon . dead . Studies in Philippine Languages and Cultures . 19 . 158–183 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170517054029/http://www-01.sil.org/asia/Philippines/splc/SPLC19-10_Stone.pdf . 2017-05-17 . 2016-03-30.
- Himes . Ronald S. . 2012 . The Central Luzon Group of Languages . Oceanic Linguistics . 51 . 2 . 490–537 . 23321866 . 10.1353/ol.2012.0013. 143589926 .
- Book: Stone, Roger . Introduction to Ayta Mag-Indi Orthography . 2017.