Sawila, or Tanglapui, is a Papuan language of the Alor archipelago. Dialects are Sawila proper, Lona, Salimana, Lalamana, Sileba. Sawila speakers refer to their language as Manata.[2]
Sawila | |
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Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Alor Island |
Native speakers | 3,000 (2014)[1] |
Language family | Trans–New Guinea ?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | swt |
Glottolog | sawi1256 |
ELP | Sawila |
Labial | Alveodental | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ ⟨ng⟩ | |||
Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ ⟨'⟩ | |
voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
Fricative | s | |||||
Approximant | w | j ⟨y⟩ | ||||
Lateral | l | |||||
Trill | r |
Front | Central | Back | ||||||
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unrounded | rounded | |||||||
short | long | short | long | short | long | short | long | |
Close | i | iː ⟨ii⟩ | y ⟨uy⟩ | yː ⟨uyi⟩ | u | uː ⟨uu⟩ | ||
Mid | e | eː ⟨ee⟩ | o | oː ⟨oo⟩ | ||||
Open | a | aː ⟨aa⟩ |
West Trans–New Guinea languages | |||||||
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Dani | |||||||
Paniai Lakes | |||||||
West Bomberai | |||||||
Timor–Alor–Pantar |
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