Alune language

Alune is an Austronesian language of west Seram in the Maluku archipelago of Indonesia.

Alune
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Maluku, Seram
Ethnicity	Alune
Native speakers	17,000 (2000)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Central–Eastern MP Central Maluku ? East Central Maluku Seram ? Nunusaku Three Rivers Amalumute Alune
Language codes
ISO 639-3	alp
Glottolog	alun1238
ELP	Alune

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar		Glottal
					plain	lab.
Nasal		m	n	ɲ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k	kʷ
	voiced	b	d
Fricative			s				h
Rhotic			r
Lateral			l
Semivowel		w		j

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e		o
Open		a

• /d/ can be heard as a trill [r] in word-initial and intervocalic positions, and may also fluctuate to an affricate [dʒ] sound.
• /n/ can be heard as a velar nasal [ŋ] when preceding velar stops.^[2][3]

References

1. Alune at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. E. Wattimury, Ny. A. Haulussy, and J. Pentury. Struktur Bahasa Alune. 1997. Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa.
3. Taguchi, Yushin & Takako (1990). "A phonology of Alune". Workpapers in Indonesian Languages and Cultures 8. pp. 95–127.