Taliabo language

Not to be confused with Kadai languages.

"Talo language" redirects here. For Talo (Tallau) dialect of Sudan, see Logorik language.

Taliabo (Taliabu) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on the island of the same name in the Moluccas of Indonesia.

Taliabo
Taliabu
Native to	Indonesia, North Maluku
Region	Taliabu Island
Native speakers	(4,900 cited 2000)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central Malayo-Polinesian Central Maluku Buru-Sula Sula Languages[2] Taliabo
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: tlv – Taliabo kzd – Kadai
Glottolog	tali1261
ELP	Kadai

Dialects are:

• Kadai
• Padang (Samala)
• Mananga
• Mangei (Soboyo)

The Soboyo dialect of Taliabo is notable for preserving Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *h, but only in word-initial position.

Phonology

Consonants

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

All stop sounds (except for /ʔ/) and fricatives /s, ʃ/, may also be prenasalized in both word-initial and word-medial positions as /ᵐb, ⁿd, ᶮdʒ, ᵑɡ/.^[3][4]

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e		o
Open		a