Talaud language
{{short description|Austronesian language spoken on the Talaud Islands}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Talaud
|region=Talaud Islands, North Sulawesi
|states=Indonesia
|pushpin_map = Southeast Asia#Indonesia Sulawesi
|coordinates = {{coord|4.12|126.80}}
|speakers=82,000
|date=2000 census
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=Philippine
|fam4=Sangiric
|fam5=North
|dia1=Lami
|dia2=Tirawata
|iso3=tld
|glotto=tala1285
|glottorefname=Talaud
}}
Talaud is an Austronesian language spoken on the Talaud Islands north of Sulawesi, Indonesia. There are 2 dialects, namely Lami dialect which is spoken on Miangas, Nanusa Islands, and Esang in the northern part of Karakelang Island; Tirawata dialect is used in Lirung, Kabaruan, and the southern part of Karakelang Island.{{cite book|title=Struktur Dialek Miangas|publisher=Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan|language=id|year=1986|location=Jakarta, Indonesia|first1=L.D.|last1=Kembuan|first2=T.|last2=Sampouw|first3=J.|last3=Inkiriwang|first4=D.|last4=Terok|first5=M.|last5=Roring|url=https://repositori.kemdikbud.go.id/3632/1/Struktur%20Dialek%20Bahasa%20Miangas%20%20%20%20159h.pdf|format=PDF|isbn=|edition=1}}
Miangas is actually a subdialect, but more different from its main dialect, Lami.
Phonology
= Consonants =
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! colspan="2" | |
| rowspan="3" |Plosive
|{{IPA link|p}} |{{IPA link|t}} | |({{IPA link|c}}) |{{IPA link|k}} |{{IPA link|ʔ}} |
|---|
| voiced
|{{IPA link|b}} |{{IPA link|d}} | | |{{IPA link|ɡ}} | |
| affricate
| | | |{{IPA link|tʃ}} | | |
| colspan="2" |Nasal
|{{IPA link|m}} |{{IPA link|n}} | | |{{IPA link|ŋ}} | |
| colspan="2" |Fricative
|{{IPA link|β}} |{{IPA link|s}} |{{IPA link|ʐ}} |({{IPA link|ʃ}}) |{{IPA link|ɣ}} |{{IPA link|h}} |
| rowspan="2" |Rhotic
| |{{IPA link|r}} | | | | |
| tap
| |{{IPA link|ɾ}} | | | | |
| colspan="2" |Lateral
| |{{IPA link|l}} | | | | |
| colspan="2" |Approximant
|{{IPA link|w}} | | | | | |
- {{IPA|/tʃ/}} can be heard as a palatal stop {{IPA|[c]}}, depending on the dialect.
- The velar fricative sound {{IPA|/ɣ/}} may also be pronounced as voiceless {{IPA|[x]}}.{{sfn|Utsumi|2016}}
- {{IPA|/ʃ/}} is only found in some dialects of Kaburuan Island. It corresponds to {{IPA|/ʐ/}} in most other dialects.{{sfn|Utsumi|2016}}
= Vowels =
References
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Further reading
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- {{Cite book |last=Bawole |first=G. |url=https://labbineka.kemdikbud.go.id/bahasa/jendelabuku/ddb30680a691d157187ee1cf9e896d03 |title=Struktur Bahasa Talaud |date=1981 |publisher=Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departmen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan |location=Jakarta |language=id |via=Laboratorium Kebinekaan Bahasa dan Sastra}}
- {{Cite journal |last=Utsumi |first=Atsuko |date=2013 |title=Talaud Verbs: Paradigm of Basic Verbs |journal=Tokyo University Linguistic Papers |language=en |volume=33 |pages=319–361 |doi=10.15083/00027520 |doi-access=free}}
- {{Cite journal |last=Utsumi |first=Atsuko |date=2016 |title=A Dialectal Study of Talaud: Dialectal Classification and a Comparative Word List |url=http://id.nii.ac.jp/1225/00000859/ |journal=Bulletin of Meisei University. Department of Japanese and Comparative Culture, School of Humanities |language=en |volume=24 |pages=163(37)–135(70)}}
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