| Sawila | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Alor Island |
Native speakers | 3,000 (2014)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | swt |
| Glottolog | sawi1256 |
| ELP | Sawila |
Sawila, orTanglapui, is aPapuan language of theAlor archipelago. Dialects are Sawila proper, Lona, Salimana, Lalamana, Sileba. Sawila speakers refer to their language asManata.[2]
| Labial | Alveodental | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ⟨ng⟩ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ⟨'⟩ | |
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Fricative | s | |||||
| Approximant | w | j⟨y⟩ | ||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | |||||||
| short | long | short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | i | iː⟨ii⟩ | y⟨uy⟩ | yː⟨uyi⟩ | u | uː⟨uu⟩ | ||
| Mid | e | eː⟨ee⟩ | o | oː⟨oo⟩ | ||||
| Open | a | aː⟨aa⟩ | ||||||
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