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Southeast Babar is an Austronesian language spoken on Babar Island in South Maluku,
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Phonology


Consonants

* Sounds only occur in loanwords. * is only attested in loanwords and also infrequently in roots.


Vowels

* are heard as more closed when occurring before glides .


References


Further reading

*Hein Steinhauer. 2009. The sounds of Southeast Babar. In Adelaar, K. Alexander and Pawley, Andrew (eds.), ''Austronesian historical linguistics and culture history: a festschrift for Robert Blust'', 399-409. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. Babar languages Languages of the Maluku Islands {{au-lang-stub