| Kula | |
|---|---|
| Tanglapui | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Alor Island |
Native speakers | (5,000 cited 1997)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tpg |
| Glottolog | kula1280 |
| ELP | Kula |
Kula (Kola) orLamtoka (Lantoka), also known asTanglapui, is aPapuan language spoken in villages on the north coast, south coast and mountainous interior ofAlor Island inIndonesia. Dialects are Kula proper, Kulatela, Watena, Kula Watena, Iramang, Larena, Sumang, and Arumaka. Most settlements where Kula is spoken are "new villages" that have only been inhabited since the 1960s. Due to this recent resettlement, and since usage of the language is discouraged in schools, Kula is an endangered language.[2]
The data in this section are taken from Williams (2017).[2] Phonemes in brackets are "marginal phonemes".
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | labial | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ⟨ng⟩ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | (kʷ)⟨kw⟩ | |
| voiced | b | d | g | (gʷ)⟨gw⟩ | ||
| Affricate | (d͡ʒ)⟨j⟩ | |||||
| Fricative | (β)⟨w⟩ | s | ||||
| Liquid | trill | (r) | ||||
| lateral | l | |||||
| Semivowel | j⟨y⟩ | w | ||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| ɪ⟨í⟩ | |||
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | ɐ⟨á⟩ | ||
| a |
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