Selaru | |
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Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Tanimbar Islands |
Native speakers | 8,000 (2001)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | slu |
Glottolog | sela1259 |
Selaru is anAustronesian language ofSelaru andYamdena, in theMaluku Islands of Indonesia. Linguistically it is not close toSeluwasan, its nearest relative.
Labial | Alveolar | Dorsal | Glottal | ||
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Plosive | voiceless | t | k | ʔ | |
voiced | b | d | (ɡ) | ||
Fricative | f | s | h | ||
Nasal | m | n | |||
Trill | r | ||||
Lateral | l | ||||
Approximant | w | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Open | a |
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