Makalero dialect

Makalero
Native to East Timor
Region Timor Island, eastern end around Baucau and inland, west of Fataluku, from northern to southern coast in a dialect chain.
Coordinates 8°39′S 126°30′E / 8.650°S 126.500°E / -8.650; 126.500
Native speakers
 6,000 (2004)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mjb
Glottolog makl1245[1]
Distribution of Makalero mother-tongue speakers in East Timor

Makalero or Maklere is a dialect of Makasae spoken by 6,000 people in East Timor.

Phonology

All the information in this section is from Huber's grammar.[2]

Consonants

Makalero has 11 native consonant phonemes.

Consonant phonemes
  Labial Alveo-dental Post-alveolar Velar Glottal
Plosive p  t   d k  ʔ 
Fricative f  s          
Nasal  m  n         
Trill        r      
Lateral approximant        l      

Vowels

Monophthongs

Makalero has five vowel phonemes. Most long vowels occur in predictable contexts; thus Huber argues long vowels are marginal phonemes at best.

Monophthong phonemes
  Front Central Back
Close i   u
Mid e   o
Open   a  

Syllables are commonly CV; some are CVC. Epenthetic vowels are often inserted between series of two consonants, and echo vowels are often added to the end of phonological phrases.

Numerals

  • unu - One
  • loloi - Two
  • lolitu - Three
  • faata - Four
  • lima - Five
  • douhu - Six
  • fitu - Seven
  • afo - Eight
  • siwa - Nine
  • ruru-u - Ten
  • ruu resi nu - Eleven
  • ruu resi loloi - Twelve
  • ruu resi lolitu - Thirteen
  • ruu resi faata - Fourteen
  • ruu resi lima - Fifteen

References

  1. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Maklere". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. ↑ Huber, Juliette (2011). A grammar of Makalero - A Papuan language of East Timor. LOT Utrecht.


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