Coastal Konjo is an Austronesian language of

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, which belongs to the Makassaric branch of the

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subgroup. It is spoken along the coast in the southeastern corner of

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 i ...

, e.g. 'thin'.

Grammar

Personal pronouns in Coastal Konjo have one independent form, and three bound forms.

References

{{Languages of Indonesia Languages of Sulawesi South Sulawesi languages