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Sawai language

Austronesian language spoken in North Maluku, Indonesia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Sawai language (also Weda) is a South Halmahera language of the Austronesian language family spoken in the Weda and Gane Timor districts of southern Halmahera, northern Maluku Province, Indonesia. There are approximately 12,000 speakers.

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Sounds

Below is a description of the Kobe dialect of Sawai spoken in the villages of Lelilef Woyebulan and Kobe Peplis, as well as from Whistler (1995).

Consonants

Sawai has 15 consonants:

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Vowels

Sawai has eight vowels:

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Syllable

Sawai has the following syllable structure:

(C)(C)V(C)

Examples:

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