| Adonara | |
|---|---|
| Adonara | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Adonara, easternSolor |
Native speakers | 98,000 (2008)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | adr |
| Glottolog | adon1237 |
Adonara is aCentral Malayo-Polynesian language of the island ofAdonara and the eastern end of the neighbouring island ofSolor, both situated east ofFlores inIndonesia.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | ə | o |
| Open | a |
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t | k | (ʔ) | |
| voiced | b | d | dʒ | ɡ | ||
| Fricative | s | h | ||||
| Rhotic | r | |||||
| Approximant | w | l | j | |||
The glottal stop [ʔ] mainly occurs in word-initial positions before vowels, and in word-medial positions before vowels.[2]
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