/a/ can have an allophone of [ə] when before a consonant, or in word-final position.[3]
Referencesedit
^Fordata at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^Mills, Roger F. (1991). "Tanimbar-Kei: An Eastern Indonesian Subgroup". In Robert Blust (ed.). Currents in Pacific Linguistics: Papers on Austronesian Languages and Ethnolinguistics in Honour of George W. Grace. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 241–263.
^Marshall, Craig (2000). "A Phonological Description of Fordata". In Grimes, C. E. (ed.). Spices from the East: Papers in Languages of Eastern Indonesia. PL-503. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 181–235. doi:10.15144/PL-503.181.
fordata, language, fordata, fordata, tnebar, austronesian, language, spoken, tanimbar, islands, moluccas, closely, related, more, distantly, yamdena, both, also, spoken, tanimbar, islands, fordatavaididanative, toindonesiaregiontanimbar, islandsnative, speaker. Fordata Vai Fordata Vai Tnebar is an Austronesian language spoken in the Tanimbar Islands of the Moluccas It is closely related to Kei and more distantly to Yamdena both also spoken in the Tanimbar Islands 2 FordataVaididaNative toIndonesiaRegionTanimbar IslandsNative speakers50 000 2000 1 Language familyAustronesian Malayo PolynesianCentral EasternKei TanimbarKei FordataFordataLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code frd class extiw title iso639 3 frd frd a Glottologford1242 Contents 1 Phonology 1 1 Consonants 1 2 Vowels 2 References 3 External linksPhonology editConsonants edit Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal Nasal m n ŋ ng Plosive voiceless t k ʔ voiced b d Fricative voiceless f s h voiced v Lateral l Trill r Semivowel w j y Glottal sounds h ʔ only occur intervocalically v can often be heard as w among younger speakers r can also be heard in free variation with a flap sound ɾ Vowels edit Front Central Back Close i u Mid e o Open a Sounds i e have lax sounds of ɪ ɛ a can have an allophone of e when before a consonant or in word final position 3 References edit Fordata at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required Mills Roger F 1991 Tanimbar Kei An Eastern Indonesian Subgroup In Robert Blust ed Currents in Pacific Linguistics Papers on Austronesian Languages and Ethnolinguistics in Honour of George W Grace Canberra Pacific Linguistics pp 241 263 Marshall Craig 2000 A Phonological Description of Fordata In Grimes C E ed Spices from the East Papers in Languages of Eastern Indonesia PL 503 Canberra Pacific Linguistics pp 181 235 doi 10 15144 PL 503 181 External links editwww bahasafordata org www webonary org fordata Fordata Language Dictionary nbsp Language portal nbsp This Austronesian languages related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fordata language amp oldid 1212644722, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
