Bambam (also: Pitu Ulunna Salu) is an
Austronesian language of
West Sulawesi,
Indonesia
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. It is spoken in the Mambi and Tabang districts of
Mamasa Regency, and in the Matangnga district of
Polewali Mandar Regency
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.
Together with
Aralle-Tabulahan,
Ulumanda',
Pannei and
Dakka, Bambam belongs to the Pitu Ulunna Salu languages, which form a subbranch within the
Northern branch of the
South Sulawesi subgroup.
Phonology
is realized as in morpheme-final position, e.g. /ænæk/
¦næʔ'child'.
References
Further reading
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Languages of Sulawesi
South Sulawesi languages
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