Termanu language

Termanu is a Central Malayo-Polynesian language of Roti Island, off Timor, Indonesia. Speakers of Korbafo and Bokai dialects are ethnically distinct.

Phonology

Consonants

  • /ᵑɡ, l/ have variants of [ɡ, ɾ] in other dialects.
  • Sounds [w, j] also occur in loanwords and interjections.

Vowels

Vowel length is also distributed.

References

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