Palu'e language

Palu'e
Lu'a
Spoken in	Indonesia
Region	Palu'e
Native speakers	10,000  (date missing)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Nuclear MP Central–Eastern MP Sumba–Flores Ende–Manggarai Central Flores Ende–Lio Palu'e
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
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. It is part of a dialect cluster with Li'o.

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Back
High	i	u
Mid	e	o
Low	a

Consonants

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

External links

• Ethnologue report for language code:ple