Wakasihu language explained

Wakasihu
Also Known As:Larike-Wakasihu
States:Indonesia
Region:Ambon Island, Maluku
Speakers:13,000
Date:1987
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
Fam3:Central–Eastern MP
Fam4:Central Maluku ?
Fam5:East Central Maluku
Fam6:Seram ?
Fam7:Nunusaku
Fam8:Piru Bay
Fam9:West
Fam10:Hoamoal
Dia1:Allang
Dia2:Wakasihu
Dia3:Larike
Iso3:alo
Glotto:lari1255
Glottorefname:Larike-Wakasihu

Wakasihu, or Larike-Wakasihu after the two still-vigorous dialects, is an Austronesian language of Ambon Island in the Maluku Islands.

Phonology

!Labial!Alveolar!Palatal!Velar!Glottal
Plosivevoicelesspronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/(pronounced as /link/)pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
voiced(pronounced as /link/)pronounced as /link/(pronounced as /link/)(pronounced as /link/)
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/(pronounced as /link/)
Fricativepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Tappronounced as /link/
Lateralpronounced as /link/
Approximantpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Phonemes in parentheses are borrowed from other languages.
Wakasihu vowels!!Front!Central!Back
Closepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Midpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Openpronounced as /link/
pronounced as //i e a// are heard as pronounced as /[ɪ ɛ ə]/ when in closed or stressed syllable position.

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