Southeast Babar is an
Austronesian
Austronesian may refer to:
*The Austronesian languages
*The historical Austronesian peoples
The Austronesian peoples, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, are a large group of peoples in Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, M ...
language spoken on
Babar Island
The Babar Islands ''(''Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Babar)'' are located in Maluku Province, Indonesia between latitudes 7 degrees 31 minutes South to 8 degrees 13 minutes South and from longitudes 129 degrees 30 minutes East to 130 degrees 05 minute ...
in South Maluku,
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
.
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
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