ISO 639-3 sly | Native speakers 130,000 (2000 census) Glottolog sela1260 | |
Language family AustronesianMalayo-PolynesianNuclear MPSouth SulawesiMakassarSelayar | ||
Selayar or Selayarese is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by about 100,000 people on the island of Selayar in South Sulawesi province, Indonesia.
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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:
[lamẽãĩʔĩ ãːsu] "A dog urinated on him."[sassaʔ lamẽãĩʔĩ | ʔaːsu lataiːʔiʔi] "A lizard urinated on him, and a dog defecated on him."Consonants
Of the coronals, the voiceless stop is dental, while the others are alveolar.
Morphology
Selayarese intransitive verbs index pronominal arguments via an absolutive enclitic.
a'lumpa'=ajump=1s'I jump'mangang=atired=1s'I am tired'In transitive verbs the less agent-like argument is indexed by the absolutive enclitic.
ku=isse'=i1s=know=3s'I know him'References
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