| Fordata | |
|---|---|
| Vaidida | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Tanimbar Islands |
Native speakers | (50,000 cited 2000)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | frd |
| Glottolog | ford1242 |
Fordata (Vai Fordata,Vai Tnebar) is anAustronesian language spoken in theTanimbar Islands of theMoluccas. It is closely related toKei, and more distantly toYamdena, both also spoken in the Tanimbar Islands.[2]
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ⟨ng⟩ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | t̪ | k | ʔ⟨'⟩ | ||
| voiced | b | d | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | h | ||
| voiced | v | |||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Semivowel | w | j⟨y⟩ | ||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
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