| Talaud | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Talaud Islands,North Sulawesi |
Native speakers | (82,000 cited 2000 census)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tld |
| Glottolog | tala1285 |
  Talaud  Talaud | |
| Coordinates:4°07′N126°48′E / 4.12°N 126.80°E /4.12; 126.80 | |
Talaud is anAustronesian language spoken on theTalaud Islands north ofSulawesi, Indonesia. There are 2 dialects, namely Lami dialect which is spoken onMiangas, Nanusa Islands, and Esang in the northern part ofKarakelang Island; Tirawata dialect is used in Lirung, Kabaruan, and the southern part of Karakelang Island.[2]
Miangas is actually a subdialect, but more different from its main dialect, Lami.[2]
| Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | (c) | k | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||||
| affricate | tʃ | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||||
| Fricative | β | s | ʐ | (ʃ) | ɣ | h | |
| Rhotic | trill | r | |||||
| tap | ɾ | ||||||
| Lateral | l | ||||||
| Approximant | w | ||||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
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