Taliabo language
Taliabo (Taliabu) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on the island of the same name in the Moluccas of Indonesia.
| Taliabo | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia, Maluku |
| Region | Taliabu Island |
Native speakers | 4,900 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:tlv – Taliabokzd – Kadai |
| Glottolog | tali1261 |
| ELP | Kadai |
Not to be confused with Kadai languages.
"Talo language" redirects here. For Talo (Tallau) dialect of Sudan, see Logorik language.
Dialects are:
- Kadai
- Padang (Samala)
- Mananga
- Mangei (Soboyo)
There are two linguistic strata in Taliabo, Central Maluku and Celebic, and it is not yet clear which group it belongs to.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | tʃ | k | ʔ |
| voiced | b | d | dʒ | ɡ | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Fricative | f | s | ʃ | h | ||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
All stop sounds (except for /ʔ/) and fricatives /s, ʃ/, may also be prenasalized in both word-initial and word-medial positions as /ᵐb, ⁿd, ᶮdʒ, ᵑɡ/.[3][4]
References
- Taliabo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Kadai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - Charles Grimes & Owen Edwards (in process) Wallacean subgroups: unravelling the prehistory and classification of the Austronesian languages of eastern Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Summary presentation at the 15th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics.
- Ridwan, Farida M.; Mulae, Sunaidin O.; Asriyani, Sherly (2020). Phonological Variation of Taliabu Language Dialects. Retorika Jurnal Bahasa Sastra dan Pengajarannya.
- Blust, Robert (1981). The Soboyo Reflexes of Proto-Austronesian *S. Historical Linguistics in Indonesia, Part 1. pp. 21–30.
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Further reading
- Fortgens, J. (1921). Bijdrage tot de kennis van het Sobojo (eiland Taliabo, Soela-groep) [Contribution to knowledge of Sobojo, on Taliabo, Sula islands] (in Dutch). Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff.
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