Dawera-Daweloor
Native toIndonesia
RegionMaluku
Native speakers
1,300 (2007)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ddw
Glottologdawe1237

Dawera-Daweloor is an Austronesian language spoken in six villages on Dawera and Daweloor islands in South Maluku, Indonesia.

Phonology

Consonants

Dawera-Daweloor has the following consonants.[2]

BilabialCoronalPalatalVelarGlottal
Nasal mn
Plosive voiceless ptk
voiced d
Fricative sh
Lateral l
Rhotic r
Semivowel wj

Vowels

Dawera-Daweloor has the following vowels.[2]

frontback
unrounded
back
rounded
High iu
Non-High eao

Notes

  1. Dawera-Daweloor at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 Chlenova 2002.

References

  • Svetlana Chlenova. 2002. "Daweloor, A Southwest Moluccan Language," Malaisko-indoneziiskie Issledovanlija 15:145-175.


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