Sawila language

Sawila
Sawila
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Alor Island
Native speakers	3,000 (2014)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea ? West Bomberai ? Timor–Alor–Pantar Alor–Pantar Alor East Tanglapui Sawila; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	swt
Glottolog	sawi1256
ELP	Sawila

Sawila, or Tanglapui, is a Papuan language of the Alor archipelago. Dialects are Sawila proper, Lona, Salimana, Lalamana, Sileba. Sawila speakers refer to their language as Manata.^[2]

Phonology

Sawila consonant phonemes
		Labial	Alveodental	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n		ŋ ⟨ng⟩
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k	ʔ ⟨'⟩
Plosive	voiced	b	d		ɡ
Fricative			s
Approximant		w		j ⟨y⟩
Lateral			l
Trill			r

Sawila vowel phonemes
	Front				Central		Back
	unrounded		rounded		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	i	iː ⟨ii⟩	y ⟨uy⟩	yː ⟨uyi⟩			u	uː ⟨uu⟩
Mid	e	eː ⟨ee⟩					o	oː ⟨oo⟩
Open					a	aː ⟨aa⟩

References

^ "The Alor-Pantar languages".
^ Kratochvíl, František (2014). "Sawila". In Schapper, Antoinette (ed.). The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 351–438.

External links

Sawila at The Language Archive

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[1] "The Alor-Pantar languages".

[2] Kratochvíl, František (2014). "Sawila". In Schapper, Antoinette (ed.). The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 351–438.

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