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Tulehu (also known as Souw Aman Teru) is an Austronesian language spoken on Ambon Island in eastern Indonesia, part of a dialect chain of Seram Island.

Tulehu
Native toIndonesia
RegionAmbon Island, Maluku
Native speakers
(19,000 cited 1987)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Central–Eastern
      • Central Maluku ?
        • East Central Maluku
          • Seram ?
            • Nunusaku
              • Piru Bay
                • East
                  • Seram Straits
                    • Ambon
                      • Tulehu
Language codes
ISO 639-3tlu
Glottologtule1244

Tulehu is also the name of a village; each of the villages, Tulehu, Liang, Tengah-Tengah, and Tial, is said to have its own dialect.


Phonology


Tulehu consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive p t k ʔ
Nasal m n ŋ
Fricative s h
Rhotic r
Lateral l
Approximant w j

Voiced stops can also be heard from loanwords.[2]

Tulehu vowels
Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a

References


  1. Tulehu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Musgrave, Simon (2015). Placename Narratives and Identity in North East Ambon Island (PDF). Paper presented at ICAL 13, Academica Sinica, Taipei.

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