Moma language

Moma
	Kulawi
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Sulawesi
Native speakers	5,500 (2000)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Celebic Kaili–Pamona Northern Kaili Moma; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	myl
Glottolog	moma1242[2]

Moma (also Kulawi) is an Austronesian language spoken in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Historically it is a dialect of Kaili, but is divergent due to strong influence from Uma.^[1]^[3]

Phonology

The sound inventory of Moma is described by Adriani and Esser (1939) as follows:^[3]

**Consonants**
		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k	?
Plosive	voiced	b	d	ɟ	g
Prenasalized plosive	voiceless	ᵐp	ⁿt	ᶮc	ᵑk
Prenasalized plosive	voiced	ᵐb	ⁿd
Fricative	voiceless					h
Fricative	voiced	β
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Trill			r
Approximant			l	j

**Vowels**
	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Close-Mid	e		o
Open		a

References

1 2 Moma at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kulawi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
1 2 Adriani, N. and S. J. Esser. (1939). Koelawische taalstudien. (Bibliotheca Celebica, I, II, III.) Bandoeng: A. C. Nix. viii+91+90+113pp. (3 vols).

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[e18-1] 1 2 Moma at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kulawi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[Esser1939-3] 1 2 Adriani, N. and S. J. Esser. (1939). Koelawische taalstudien. (Bibliotheca Celebica, I, II, III.) Bandoeng: A. C. Nix. viii+91+90+113pp. (3 vols).