Palu'e language

Palu'e
Lu'a
Native to Indonesia
Region Palu'e
Native speakers
10,000 (1997)[1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ple
Glottolog palu1252[2]

Palu'e (also spelled Palue and Paluqe; native name Lu'a) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on Palu'e Island, Indonesia.

Phonology

Vowels

Front Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low a

Consonants

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

References

  1. Palu'e at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Palu'e". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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