Dawera-Daweloor language

Dawera-Daweloor
Native toIndonesia
RegionMaluku
Native speakers
1,300 (2007)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ddw
Glottologdawe1237

Dawera-Daweloor is an Austronesian language spoken in six villages on Dawera and Daweloor islands in South Maluku, Indonesia.

Phonology

Consonants

Dawera-Daweloor has the following consonants.[2]

Bilabial Coronal Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n
Plosive voiceless p t k
voiced d
Fricative s h
Lateral l
Rhotic r
Semivowel w j

Vowels

Dawera-Daweloor has the following vowels.[2]

front back
unrounded
back
rounded
High i u
Non-High e a o

Notes

  1. ^ Dawera-Daweloor at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b Chlenova 2002.

References

  • Svetlana Chlenova. 2002. "Daweloor, A Southwest Moluccan Language," Malaisko-indoneziiskie Issledovanlija 15:145-175.