Adonara language

Adonara is a Central Malayo-Polynesian language of the island of Adonara and the eastern end of the neighbouring island of Solor, both situated east of Flores in Indonesia.

Adonara
Adonara
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Adonara, eastern Solor
Native speakers	98,000 (2008)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Flores–Lembata Lamaholot Adonara
Language codes
ISO 639-3	adr
Glottolog	adon1237

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e	ə	o
Open		a

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n		ŋ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t		k	(ʔ)
	voiced	b	d	dʒ	ɡ
Fricative			s			h
Rhotic			r
Approximant		w	l	j

The glottal stop [ʔ] mainly occurs in word-initial positions before vowels, and in word-medial positions before vowels.^[2]