Makalero
Appearance
Makalero | |
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Native to | East Timor |
Region | Timor Island, eastern end around Baucau and inland, west of Fataluku, from northern to southern coast in a dialect chain. |
Native speakers | 6,000 (2004)[citation needed] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mjb |
Glottolog | makl1245 |
Distribution of Makalero mother-tongue speakers in East Timor | |
Coordinates: 8°39′S 126°30′E / 8.650°S 126.500°E |
Makalero or Maklere is a dialect of Makasae spoken by 6,000 people in East Timor.
Phonology
All the information in this section is from Huber's grammar.[1]
Consonants
Makalero has 11 native consonant phonemes.
Labial | Alveo-dental | Post-alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
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Plosive | p | t | d | k | ʔ | |||||
Fricative | f | s | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||||||
Trill | r | |||||||||
Lateral approximant | l |
Vowels
Monophthongs
Makalero has five vowel phonemes. Most long vowels occur in predictable contexts; thus Huber argues long vowels are marginal phonemes at best.
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Open | a |
Syllables are commonly CV; some are CVC. Epenthetic vowels are often inserted between series of two consonants, and echo vowels are often added to the end of phonological phrases.
Numerals
- unu - One
- loloi - Two
- lolitu - Three
- faata - Four
- lima - Five
- douhu - Six
- fitu - Seven
- afo - Eight
- siwa - Nine
- ruru-u - Ten
- ruu resi nu - Eleven
- ruu resi loloi - Twelve
- ruu resi lolitu - Thirteen
- ruu resi faata - Fourteen
- ruu resi lima - Fifteen
References
- ^ Huber, Juliette (2011). A grammar of Makalero - A Papuan language of East Timor. LOT Utrecht.