| Balantak | |
|---|---|
| Wurung Balantak | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Sulawesi |
| Ethnicity | Balantak people |
Native speakers | (30,000 cited 2000)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | blz |
| Glottolog | bala1315 |
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Balantak is anAustronesian language spoken at the head of the eastern peninsula ofSulawesi,Indonesia. It is classified as a member of theSaluan-Banggai branch of theCelebic subgroup. The Balantak language is the primary language of theBalantak people. Although 90% of the population are also proficient inIndonesian, the vernacular is still vigorously used in everyday contexts, and most children only speak Balantak before entering school.[2]
Balantak has the following phoneme inventory:[3]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ⟨ng⟩ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | t͡ʃ⟨c⟩[a] | k | ʔ⟨'⟩ |
| voiced | b | d | d͡ʒ⟨j⟩[a] | g | ||
| Fricative | s | h[a] | ||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Approximant | w | j⟨y⟩ | ||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | ɛ⟨e⟩ | ɔ⟨o⟩ | |
| Low | a |
Sequences of like vowels are phonetically realized as long vowels, e.g.toop[tɔ:p] 'cigarette',nuur[nu:r] 'coconut'.
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