Geser language

"Gorom language" redirects here; not to be confused with Gworam language.

Geser is an Austronesian language of the east end of Seram and the Gorom Islands, Indonesia. It is closely related to Watubela.^[2][3]

Geser
Geser-Gorom
Native to	Indonesia (Maluku Islands)
Region	Seram, Geser Islands
Native speakers	(37,000 cited 1989)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Central Maluku ? East Central Maluku Seran Laut Geser
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ges
Glottolog	gese1240

Phonology

Consonants

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

/h/ and /f/ are in free alteration among the dialects of Geser and Gorom.

/ɲ/ rarely occurs.^[4]

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e		o
Open		a