Alune language

Alune
Alune
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Maluku, Seram
Ethnicity	Alune
Native speakers	(17,000 cited 2000)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Central–Eastern MP Central Maluku ? East Central Maluku Seram ? Nunusaku Three Rivers Amalumute Alune; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	alp
Glottolog	alun1238
ELP	Alune

Alune is an Austronesian language of west Seram in the Maluku archipelago of Indonesia.

Phonology

/d/ can be heard as a trill [r] in word-initial and intervocalic positions, and may also fluctuate to an affricate [dʒ] sound.
/n/ can be heard as a velar nasal [ŋ] when preceding velar stops.

↑ Alune at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ E. Wattimury, Ny. A. Haulussy, and J. Pentury. Struktur Bahasa Alune. 1997. Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa.
↑ Taguchi, Yushin & Takako (1990). "A phonology of Alune". Workpapers in Indonesian Languages and Cultures 8. pp. 95–127.