Coastal Konjo is an
Austronesian language of
Sulawesi,
Indonesia
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, which belongs to the
Makassaric branch of the
South Sulawesi subgroup. It is spoken along the coast in the southeastern corner of
South Sulawesi in the regencies of
Sinjai,
Bulukumba and
Bantaeng. It is closely related to, but distinct from
Highland Konjo, which also belongs to the
Makassaric languages.
Phonology
The following sound inventory is based on Friberg & Friberg (1991).
The vowel is realized as before geminate nasals.
Only and can appear in final position. Words with underlying final , or add an
echo vowel
An echo vowel, also known as a synharmonic vowel, is a paragogic vowel that repeats the final vowel in a word in speech. For example, in Chumash, when a word ends with a glottal stop and comes at the end of an intonation unit, the final vowel is ...
, e.g. /nipis/
nipisi'thin'.
Grammar
Personal pronouns in Coastal Konjo have one independent form, and three bound forms.
References
{{Austronesian languages
Languages of Sulawesi
South Sulawesi languages