Palu'e language

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Palu'e
Lu'a
Spoken in: Indonesia 
Region: Palu'e
Total speakers: 10,000
Language family: Austronesian
 Malayo-Polynesian
  Central-Eastern
   Central
    Bima-Sumba
     Palu'e 
Writing system: Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: map
ISO 639-3: ple

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

Contents

[edit] Phonology

[edit] Vowels

Front Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low a

[edit] Consonants

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

[edit] External links

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