Tulehu (also known as Souw Aman Teru; literally means "the language of three villages") is an Austronesian language spoken on Ambon Island in eastern Indonesia, part of a dialect chain of Seram Island.
| Tulehu | |
|---|---|
| Souw Aman Teru | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Ambon Island, Maluku |
Native speakers | (19,000 cited 1987)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tlu |
| Glottolog | tule1244 |
Tulehu is also the name of a village; each of the villages, Tulehu, Liang, Tengah-Tengah, and Tial, is said to have its own dialect.
Phonology
edit| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||
| Fricative | s | h | |||
| Rhotic | r | ||||
| Lateral | l | ||||
| Approximant | w | j |
Voiced stops can also be heard from loanwords.[2]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
References
edit- ^ Tulehu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Musgrave, Simon (2015). Placename Narratives and Identity in North East Ambon Island (PDF). Paper presented at ICAL 13, Academica Sinica, Taipei.
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