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Language spoken in Indonesia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Selayar or Selayarese is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by about 100,000 people on the island of Selayar in South Sulawesi province, Indonesia.[2]: 210
Selayar | |
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Basa Silajara | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Selayar Islands, South Sulawesi |
Native speakers | 130,000 (2000 census)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | sly |
Glottolog | sela1260 |
Vowels are lengthened when stressed and in an open syllable.
Nasalization extends from nasal consonants to the following vowels, continuing until blocked by an intonation break or a consonant other than a glottal stop:
Of the coronals, the voiceless stop is dental, while the others are alveolar.
Selayarese intransitive verbs index pronominal arguments via an absolutive enclitic.[3][4]: 162
a'lumpa'=a
jump=1S
'I jump'
mangang=a
tired=1S
'I am tired'
In transitive verbs the less agent-like argument is indexed by the absolutive enclitic.[4]: 163
ku=isse'=i
1S=know=3S
'I know him'
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