| Skou | |
|---|---|
| Tumawo | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Muara Tami District [id],Jayapura City |
Native speakers | (700 cited 1999)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | skv |
| Glottolog | nucl1634 |
| ELP | Skou |
Skou (Sekol, Sekou, Sko, Skouw, Skow, Sukou), orTumawo (Te Mawo), is aPapuan language ofIndonesia.
Skou is spoken in three villages ofMuara Tami District [id],Jayapura City. The villages are:[2]
The Skou consonants are:[3]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ||
| voiced | b | ɟ~ɡʲ | ||||
| Fricative | f | h | ||||
| Liquid | lateral | l | ||||
| rhotic | r | |||||
| Semivowel | w | j | ||||
Vowels can be nasalized, except for /ɨ/ and /u/.[3]
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| oral | nasal | oral | nasal | oral | nasal | |
| Close | i | ĩ | ɨ | u | ||
| Mid | e | ẽ | ə | ə̃ | o | õ |
| Open | a | ã | ||||
Skou contrasts three different tones in monosyllables: high, low and falling, which can be combined with nasality for a six-way contrast.[2]
| Pitch | Oral | Nasal |
|---|---|---|
| high [˥] | ta 'grass' | tã 'bird' |
| low [˨] | ta 'hair' | tã 'canoe' |
| falling [˥˩] | ta 'arrow' | tã 'machete' |
Tone in Skou is affiliated with each word, rather than with each syllable.
In addition to lexical differences in tone, tone has grammatical functions.[2]
For instance, tense in Skou is differentiated by tone.
| non-past tense forms | ||
|---|---|---|
| [ni hu] falling-falling'I sew' | [ni ha] falling-high'I stand' | [ni hũ] falling-low'I drink' |
| past tense forms | ||
| [ni hu] falling-low'I sewed' | [ni ha] falling-low'I stood' | [ni hũ] falling-low 'I drank' |
Skou differentiates three types of pronouns: free pronouns, genitive pronouns and dative pronouns.[2]
| Free | Genitive | Dative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1SG | [ni˥˩] | [ni˥˩] | [nɛ˨] |
| 1PL | [nɛ˨] | [nɛ˥˩] | [nɛ˨] |
| 2SG | [mɛ˥˩] | [mɛ˥˩] | [mɛ˨] |
| 2PL | [ɛ˨] | [ɛ˥˩] | [ɛ˨] |
| 3SG.NF | [kɛ˨] | [kɛ˥] | [kɛ˨] |
| 3SG.F | [pɛ˨] | [pɛ˥˩] | [pɛ˨] |
| 3PL | [tɛ˨] | [tɛ˥˩] | [tɛ˨] |
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