Selayar or Selayarese is a
Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by about 100,000 people on the
island of Selayar in
South Sulawesi province,
Indonesia
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Phonology
Vowels
Vowels are lengthened when stressed and in an open syllable.
Nasalization
Nasalization extends from nasal consonants to the following vowels, continuing until blocked by an
intonation break or a consonant other than a
glottal stop:
: "A dog urinated on him."
: "A lizard urinated on him, and a dog defecated on him."
Consonants
Of the coronals, the voiceless stop is
dental, while the others are
alveolar.
Morphology
Selayarese intransitive verbs index pronominal arguments via an
absolutive
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enclitic.
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In transitive verbs the less agent-like argument is indexed by the absolutive enclitic.
References
{{Austronesian languages
South Sulawesi languages
Languages of Sulawesi
South Sulawesi