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Wakasihu language

Wakasihu
Larike-Wakasihu
Native toIndonesia
RegionAmbon Island, Maluku
Native speakers
(13,000 cited 1987)[1]
Dialects
  • Allang
  • Wakasihu
  • Larike
Language codes
ISO 639-3alo
Glottologlari1255

Wakasihu, or Larike-Wakasihu after the two still-vigorous dialects, is an Austronesian language of Ambon Island in the Maluku Islands.

Phonology

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Wakasihu consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t () k ʔ
voiced (b) d () (ɡ)
Nasal m n (ŋ)
Fricative s h
Tap ɾ
Lateral l
Approximant w j

Phonemes in parentheses are borrowed from other languages.

Wakasihu vowels
Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a

/i e a/ are heard as ɛ ə] when in closed or stressed syllable position.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Wakasihu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Laidig & Laidig (1995)

Further reading

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  • Laidig, Carol J.; Laidig, Wyn D. (1991). Kamus Sou Rikedu/Kamus Bahasa Larike/Larike Dictionary (in Indonesian and English). Ambon: Universitas Pattimura and Summer Institute of Linguistics. ISBN 979-8132-24-6.
  • Laidig, Carol J.; Laidig, Wyn D. (1991). Tarus Sou Rikedu/Tata Bahasa Larike/Larike Grammar (in Indonesian and English). Ambon: Universitas Pattimura and Summer Institute of Linguistics. ISBN 979-8132-25-4.
  • Laidig, Wyn D.; Laidig, Carol J. (1995). "A Synopsis of Larike Phonology and Syntax" (PDF). In Laidig, Wyn D. (ed.). Descriptive Studies in Languages of Maluku, Part II. NUSA 38. Jakarta: Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya. pp. 19–42.
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