| Taliabo | |
|---|---|
| Taliabu | |
| Native to | Indonesia,Maluku |
| Region | Taliabu Island |
Native speakers | (4,900 cited 2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:tlv – Taliabokzd – Kadai |
| Glottolog | tali1261 |
| ELP | Kadai |
Taliabo (Taliabu) is aMalayo-Polynesian language spoken on the island of the same name in theMoluccas ofIndonesia.
Dialects are:
There are two linguistic strata in Taliabo,Central Maluku andCelebic, and it is not yet clear which group it belongs to.
The Soboyo dialect of Taliabo is notable for preservingProto-Malayo-Polynesian*h, but only in word-initial position.
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t | tʃ | k | ʔ |
| voiced | b | d | dʒ | ɡ | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Fricative | f | s | ʃ | h | ||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
All stop sounds (except for/ʔ/) and fricatives/s,ʃ/, may also be prenasalized in both word-initial and word-medial positions as/ᵐb,ⁿd,ᶮdʒ,ᵑɡ/.[3][4]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
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