Mamasa language

{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Sulawesi, Indonesia}}

{{Infobox language

|name = Mamasa

|nativename =

|ethnicity = Mamasa
Pattae' (dialect speaker of Pattae')

|states = Indonesia

|region = West Sulawesi

|speakers = {{sigfig|89,100|2}}

|date = 2010 Census

|ref=e25

|familycolor = Austronesian

|fam2 = Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3 = South Sulawesi

|fam4 = Northern

|fam5 = Toraja

|dia1 = Northern Mamasa

|dia2 = Central Mamasa

|dia3 = Pattae'

|iso3 = mqj

|glotto=mama1276

|glottorefname=Mamasa

}}

Mamasa is an Austronesian language spoken in West Sulawesi, Indonesia. This language is the native language of the Mamasa people which is related to the Toraja people.

Dialects

Three dialects can be distinguished:{{Cite web |url=http://sulang.org/languages/mamasa |title=The Mamasa Language |website=Sulawesi Language Alliance |access-date=14 Dec 2017 |archive-date=14 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214183544/http://sulang.org/languages/mamasa |url-status=live }}

Speakers of Pattae' are a culturally distinct ethnic group traditionally more affiliated to the Mandar people than to speakers of the Northern and Central Mamasa dialects in the interior, and for that reason Pattae' is considered by its speakers to be a language separate from Mamasa proper (i.e. Northern and Central Mamasa).

Phonology

Mamasa has the following consonants and vowels:{{Cite thesis |last=Smith |first=Beverly Kean |title=A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Pitu Ulunna Salu |date=1993 |degree=M.A. |publisher=University of Texas at Arlington |oclc=840034799}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+Consonants ! colspan="2" \| !Labial !Alveolar !Palatal !Velar !Glottal
colspan="2" \|Nasal \|{{IPA link\|m}} \|{{IPA link\|n}} \| \|{{IPA link\|ŋ}} \|
rowspan="2" \|Plosive !{{small\|voiceless}} \|{{IPA link\|p}} \|{{IPA link\|t}} \| \|{{IPA link\|k}} \|{{IPA link\|ʔ}}
{{small\|voiced}} \|{{IPA link\|b}} \|{{IPA link\|d}} \| \|{{IPA link\|g}} \|
colspan="2" \|Fricative \| \|{{IPA link\|s}} \| \| \|
colspan="2" \|Lateral \| \|{{IPA link\|l}} \| \| \|
colspan="2" \|Trill \| \|{{IPA link\|r}} \| \| \|
colspan="2" \|Semivowel \|{{IPA link\|w}} \| \|{{IPA link\|j}} \| \|

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|+Consonants

! colspan="2" |

colspan="2" |Nasal

|{{IPA link|m}}

|{{IPA link|n}}

|{{IPA link|ŋ}}

rowspan="2" |Plosive

!{{small|voiceless}}

|{{IPA link|p}}

|{{IPA link|t}}

|{{IPA link|k}}

|{{IPA link|ʔ}}

|{{IPA link|b}}

|{{IPA link|d}}

|{{IPA link|g}}

colspan="2" |Fricative

|{{IPA link|s}}

colspan="2" |Lateral

|{{IPA link|l}}

colspan="2" |Trill

|{{IPA link|r}}

colspan="2" |Semivowel

|{{IPA link|w}}

|{{IPA link|j}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+Vowels ! !Front !Central !Back
High \|{{IPA link\|i}} \| \|{{IPA link\|u}}
Mid \|{{IPA link\|e}} \| \|{{IPA link\|o}}
Low \| \|{{IPA link\|a}} \|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+Vowels

|{{IPA link|i}}

|{{IPA link|u}}

Mid

|{{IPA link|e}}

|{{IPA link|o}}

Low