Paluʼe language explained

Paluʼe
Nativename:sara Luʼa
States:Indonesia
Region:Paluʼe
Speakers:10,000
Date:1997
Ref:e25
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Central–Eastern MP
Fam4:Sumba–Flores
Fam5:Ende–Manggarai
Fam6:Central Flores
Script:Latin
Iso3:ple
Glotto:palu1252
Glottorefname:Palu'e
Pushpin Map:Indonesia Flores#Indonesia#Southeast Asia
Coordinates:-8.33°N 121.72°W
Notice:IPA

Paluʼe (also spelled Palue and Paluqe; native name) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on Paluʼe Island, Indonesia.

Phonology

Vowels

FrontBack
Highpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Midpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Lowpronounced as /link/

Consonants

LabialAlveolarPost-
alveolar
VelarGlottal
Nasalspronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Plosives and
affricates
Voicelesspronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Voicedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Prenasalizedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Implosivepronounced as /link/
Fricativespronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Lateralpronounced as /link/
Rhoticpronounced as /link/

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