| Talaud | |
| Region: | Talaud Islands, North Sulawesi |
| States: | Indonesia |
| Pushpin Map: | Southeast Asia#Indonesia Sulawesi |
| Coordinates: | 4.12°N 126.8°W |
| Speakers: | 82,000 |
| Date: | 2000 census |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Austronesian |
| Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam3: | Philippine |
| Fam4: | Sangiric |
| Fam5: | North |
| Dia1: | Lami |
| Dia2: | Tirawata |
| Iso3: | tld |
| Glotto: | tala1285 |
| Glottorefname: | Talaud |
Talaud is an Austronesian language spoken on the Talaud Islands north of Sulawesi, Indonesia. There are 2 dialects, namely Lami dialect which is spoken on Miangas, Nanusa Islands, and Esang in the northern part of Karakelang Island; Tirawata dialect is used in Lirung, Kabaruan, and the southern part of Karakelang Island.[1]
Miangas is actually a subdialect, but more different from its main dialect, Lami.[1]
| Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | (pronounced as /link/) | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| affricate | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Rhotic | trill | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| tap | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||
| Lateral | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Open | pronounced as /link/ |