Wejewa language

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Wejewa
West Sumbanese
Native toIndonesia
RegionSumba Island
Native speakers
(65,000 cited 1997–2011)
Dialects
  • Weyewa proper
  • Loura
  • Tana Righu
  • Ve Luri
  • Wai Bangga
  • Loliina
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
wew – Wejewa
lur – Laura
Glottologweje1237
ELPWeyewa

Wejewa (Weyewa, Wewewa) is an Austronesian language spoken on Sumba, Indonesia.

Phonology

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive p t (c) k ʔ
Prenasalized ᵐb ⁿd ᵑg
Implosive ɓ ɗ (ʄ) ɠ
Fricative s
Nasal m n ŋ
Approximant w r, l j
  • The phonemes /c ʄ/ are very rare, occurring in four words in total.
Vowels
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low a

References

  1. ^ Wejewa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Laura at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b Bulu, Yuliana (2018). Fonologi bahasa Wewewa di desa Weekombaka, kecamatan Wewewa Barat, Sumba Barat Daya, NTT: sebuah kajian awal (Thesis) (in Indonesian). Tambolaka, Sumba Barat Daya: Sekolah Tinggi Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan (STKIP) Weetebula.
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