Manusela language
{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Maluku, Indonesia}}
{{Infobox language
|name = Manusela
|nativename = {{lang|wha|Sou Upaa}}
|altname = Wahinama
|states = Indonesia (Maluku Islands)
|region = Seram
|ethnicity = Manusela people
|speakers = 7,000
|date = 1989
|ref = e18
|familycolor = Austronesian
|fam2 = Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
|fam3 = Central–Eastern MP
|fam4 = Central Maluku
|fam5 = East Central Maluku
|fam6 = Nunusaku
|fam7 = Patakai–Manusela
|iso3 = wha
|glotto = manu1258
|glottorefname = Manusela
}}
Manusela is an Austronesian language spoken in Seram, Indonesia. It is classified by Collins (1983) as a member of the Central Maluku subgroup.{{cite book |last=Collins |first=James T. |year=1983 |doi=10.15144/PL-D47 |title=The Historical Relationships of the Languages of Central Maluku, Indonesia |series=Pacific Linguistics D-47 |location=Canberra |publisher=Australian National University}}
Phonology
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| Nasal
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| Plosive
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| Fricative
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| Rhotic
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| Lateral
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| Semivowel
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{{IPA|[ŋ ɲ]}} as well as voiced stops {{IPA|[b d ɡ]}} appear in loanwords from other languages.{{Cite book|last=Chlenova|first=Svetlana|title=Манусела, Язык Центрального Серама: Материалы и Заметки|publisher=Moscow: Econ-Inform|year=2012|location=Victor A. Pogadaev (ed.), Malay-Indonesian Studies (dedicated to the 80th birthday of Vilen Sikorsky)|pages=128–173}}
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References
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Further reading
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- {{Cite book |last=Chlenova |first=Svetlana (Членова С.Ф.) |date=2012 |publisher=Econ-Inform |url=https://www.academia.edu/3289677 |isbn=978-5-9506-0839-1 |editor-last=Pogadaev |editor-first=Victor A. (Погадаев В. А.) |location=Moscow |pages=128–173 |language=ru |script-title=ru:Малайско-индонезийские исследования (к 80-летию В. В. Сикор-ского)/Malay-Indonesian Studies (dedicated to the 80th birthday of Vilen Sikorsky) |chapter=Manusela, yazyk Tsentral'nogo Serama: materialy i zametki |script-chapter=ru:Манусела, язык Центрального Серама: материалы и заметки |trans-chapter=Manusela, the language of Central Seram: materials and notes}}
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{{Central Malayo-Polynesian languages}}
{{Languages of Indonesia}}
Category:Central Maluku languages
Category:Languages of Indonesia
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