Moma language

Moma
Moma
Kulawi
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Sulawesi
Native speakers	5,500 (2000)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Celebic Kaili–Pamona Northern Kaili Moma; ; ; ; ; ;
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]

Consonants
		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k	?
Plosive	voiced	b	d	ɟ	g
Prenasalized plosive	voiceless	ᵐp	ⁿt	ᶮc	ᵑk
Prenasalized plosive	voiced	ᵐb	ⁿd
Fricative	voiceless					h
Fricative	voiced	β
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Trill			r
Approximant			l	j

Like many other languages on Sulawesi, Moma only has open syllables.^[3]

Moma has the following pronoun sets:^[2]

Moma personal pronouns
	Independent	Enclitic	Prefixed	Suffixed
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

^ ^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.