| Wetarese | |
|---|---|
| Wetar | |
| Tutunohan | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Wetar Island |
Native speakers | (11,000 cited 1990–2010)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:apx – Aputaiilu – Iliʼuunwet – Peraitzn – Tugun |
| Glottolog | weta1245 |
| ELP | Aputai |
Wetarese is anAustronesian language ofWetar, an island in the southMaluku, Indonesia, and of the nearby islandLiran.[2]
The four identified principal varieties of Wetarese on Wetar – Aputai, Iliʼuun, Perai and Tugun – are distinct enough that some may consider them to be different languages.
Wetarese is closely related toGaloli (spoken on the north coast ofEast Timor and by an immigrant community on the south coast of Wetar) and toAtauran (spoken onAtauro island).
The following represents the Tugun dialect:[3]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | tʃ | k | ʔ |
| voiced | dʒ | ɡ | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | h | ||
| voiced | v | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Tap/Trill | ɾ ~r | |||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
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