| Mamasa | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | West Sulawesi |
| Ethnicity | Mamasa Pattae' (dialect speaker ofPattae') |
Native speakers | 89,000 (2010 Census)[1] |
| Dialects | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mqj |
| Glottolog | mama1276 |
Mamasa is anAustronesian language spoken inWest Sulawesi,Indonesia. This language is thenative language of theMamasa people which is related to theToraja people.
Three dialects can be distinguished:[2]
Speakers of Pattae' are a culturally distinct ethnic group traditionally more affiliated to theMandar people than to speakers of the Northern and Central Mamasa dialects in the interior, and for that reason Pattae' is considered by its speakers to be a language separate from Mamasa proper (i.e. Northern and Central Mamasa).
Mamasa has the following consonants and vowels:[3]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | d | g | |||
| Fricative | s | |||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Semivowel | w | j | ||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | a |
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