Moma language
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Austronesian language spoken in Sulawesi, Indonesia
Moma | |
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Kulawi | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Sulawesi |
Native speakers | 5,500 (2000)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | myl |
Glottolog | moma1242 |
Moma (also Kulawi) is an Austronesian language spoken in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Historically, it is derived from the Kaili dialect cluster, but is divergent due to strong influence from Uma.[1][2]
Phonology
The sound inventory of Moma below had been described by Adriani and Esser (1939).[2]
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ? | |
voiced | b | d | ɟ | g | ||
Prenasalized plosive | voiceless | ᵐp | ⁿt | ᶮc | ᵑk | |
voiced | ᵐb | ⁿd | ||||
Fricative | voiceless | h | ||||
voiced | β | |||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
Trill | r | |||||
Approximant | l | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Close-Mid | e | o | |
Open | a |
Like many other languages on Sulawesi, Moma only has open syllables.[3]
Grammar
Moma has the following pronoun sets:[2]
Independent | Enclitic | Prefixed | Suffixed | |
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First-person singular | aku | -a | ku- | -ku |
Second-person singular | iko | -ko | nu- | -mu |
Third-person singular | hia | -i | na- | -na |
First-person plural (inclusive) | kita | -ta | ta- | -ta |
First-person plural (exclusive) | kami | -kami | ki- | -kami |
Second-person plural | komi | -komi | ni- | -mi |
Third-person plural | hira | -ra | ra- | -ra |
References
- ^ a b Moma at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b c Adriani, N. and S. J. Esser. (1939). Koelawische taalstudien. (Bibliotheca Celebica, I, II, III.) Bandoeng: A. C. Nix. viii+91+90+113pp. (3 vols).
- ^ Sneddon, J. N. (1993). "The Drift Towards Final Open Syllables in Sulawesi Languages". Oceanic Linguistics. 32 (1): 1–44. JSTOR 3623095.
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† indicate extinct languages |