Selayar language

Selayar language

Infobox Language
name=Selayar
nativename=Bahasa Selayar
region=Selayar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
speakers=100,000 (As of|1986|alt=1986|date=August 2008)Mithun & Basri (1986): p. 210.]
familycolor=Austronesian
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
fam3=Sulawesi
fam4=South
fam5=Makassar
iso2=map
iso3=sly

Selayar or Selayarese is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by about 100,000 people on the island of Selayar in South Sulawesi province, Indonesia.

Phonology

Vowels

Vowels are lengthened when stressed and in an open syllable.

Nasalization

Nasalization extends from nasal consonants to the following vowels, continuing until blocked by an intonation break or a consonant other than a glottal stop::IPA| [lamẽãĩʔĩ ãːsu] "A dog urinated on him.":IPA| [sassaʔ lamẽãĩʔĩ | ʔaːsu lataiːʔiʔi] "A lizard urinated on him, and a dog defecated on him." [Mithun & Basri (1986): pp. 225–226.]

Consonants

Of the coronals, the voiceless stop is dental, while the others are alveolar.

Notes

References

*cite book |author=Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) |year=2005 |title=Ethnologue: Languages of the World |edition=Fifteenth edition |location=Dallas, Tex. |publisher=SIL International |chapter= [http://www.ethnologue.org/show_language.asp?code=sly Selayar]
*cite journal |author=Mithun, Marianne |coauthors=Hasan Basri |year=1986 |title=The Phonology of Selayarese |journal=Oceanic Linguistics |volume=25 |issue=1/2 |pages=210–254 |doi=10.2307/3623212


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