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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!Labial

!Alveolar

!Palatal

!Velar

!Glottal

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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Close

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Mid

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Open

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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

Category:Seram Island

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