Termanu is a Central Malayo-Polynesian language of Roti Island, off Timor, Indonesia. Speakers of Korbafo and Bokai dialects are ethnically distinct.

Termanu
Pa'da
Central Rote
Native toIndonesia
RegionRote Island
Native speakers
30,000 (2002)[1]
Dialects
  • Termanu
  • South Termanu
  • Korbafo
  • Bokai
Language codes
ISO 639-3twu
Glottologterm1237

Phonology

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Consonants

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Labial Apical Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Stop voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b
prenasal ᵐpᵐb ⁿd ᵑɡ
Fricative f s h
Lateral l
  • /ᵑɡ, l/ have variants of [ɡ, ɾ] in other dialects.
  • Sounds [w, j] also occur in loanwords and interjections.

Vowels

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Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low a

Vowel length is also distributed.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Termanu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Fox, James J.; Grimes, Charles E. (1995). "Roti". In Tryon, Darrell T. (ed.). Comparative Austronesian dictionary: an introduction to Austronesian studies. Vol. 1. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. pp. 611–621.

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