Manusela language explained

Manusela
Nativename:Sou Upaa
Also Known As:Wahinama
States:Indonesia (Maluku Islands)
Region:Seram
Ethnicity:Manusela people
Speakers:7,000
Date:1989
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
Fam3:Central–Eastern MP
Fam4:Central Maluku
Fam5:East Central Maluku
Fam6:Nunusaku
Fam7:Patakai–Manusela
Iso3:wha
Glotto:manu1258
Glottorefname:Manusela

Manusela is an Austronesian language spoken in Seram, Indonesia. It is classified by Collins (1983) as a member of the Central Maluku subgroup.[1]

Phonology

LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/(pronounced as /link/)(pronounced as /link/)
Plosivepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Fricativepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Rhoticpronounced as /link/
Lateralpronounced as /link/
Semivowelpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
pronounced as /[ŋ ɲ]/ as well as voiced stops pronounced as /[b d ɡ]/ appear in loanwords from other languages.[2]
FrontBack
Closepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Midpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Openpronounced as /link/

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: Collins, James T. . 1983 . 10.15144/PL-D47 . The Historical Relationships of the Languages of Central Maluku, Indonesia . Pacific Linguistics D-47 . Canberra . Australian National University.
  2. Book: Chlenova, Svetlana. Манусела, Язык Центрального Серама: Материалы и Заметки. Moscow: Econ-Inform. 2012. Victor A. Pogadaev (ed.), Malay-Indonesian Studies (dedicated to the 80th birthday of Vilen Sikorsky). 128-173.