Paluʼe language

Paluʼe
sara Luʼa
Native toIndonesia
RegionPaluʼe
Native speakers
(10,000 cited 1997)[1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3ple
Glottologpalu1252
ELPPalu'e
Paluʼe
Paluʼe
Paluʼe
Coordinates: 8°20′S 121°43′E / 8.33°S 121.72°E / -8.33; 121.72

Paluʼe (also spelled Palue and Paluqe; native name Luʼa) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on Paluʼe Island, Indonesia.

Phonology

Vowels

Front Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low a

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Post-
alveolar
Velar Glottal
Nasals m n ŋ
Plosives and
affricates
Voiceless p t k ʔ
Voiced d ɡ
Prenasalized ⁿb ⁿd ⁿɡ
Implosive ɓ
Fricatives v s
Lateral l
Rhotic r

References

  1. ^ Paluʼe at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

Further reading

  • Danerek, Stefan. (2019). "Phonologic variation in Paluʼe, a language from Eastern Indonesia, and the divising of an orthographic system". Ethnorema (15). DOI: 10.23814/ethn.15.19.dan. https://www.ethnorema.it/en/journal/
  • Danerek, Stefan. (2019). Kamus Bahasa Paluʼe-Indonesia. Depok. UI Publishing. ISBN 978-979-456-839-2. Review by Nazarudin (2020). Wacana. 21:3:496-498. http://wacana.ui.ac.id/index.php/wjhi/article/view/983/pdf_141