Fordata (''Vai Fordata, Vai Tnebar'') is an Austronesian languages, Austronesian language spoken in the Tanimbar Islands of the Moluccas. It is closely related to Kei language, Kei, and more distantly to Yamdena language, Yamdena, both also spoken in the Tanimbar Islands.

Phonology

Consonants

* Glottal sounds /h ʔ/ only occur intervocalically. * /v/ can often be heard as among younger speakers. * /r/ can also be heard in free variation with a flap sound .

Vowels

* Sounds /i e/ have lax sounds of [ ] * /a/ can have an allophone of when before a consonant, or in word-final position.

References

External links

www.bahasafordata.net
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages Languages of the Maluku Islands {{au-lang-stub