Geographical distribution
Batuley is spoken in eastern Indonesia across seven villages that Daigle (2015) lists in his thesis. Some of them are Kabalsiang on Aduar Island, Kumul in the identically-named island, and Gwaria (Waria) in the Island ofPhonology
Vowels
Batuley has a simple five-vowel system with no vowel length distinction (Daigle 2015). *i *e *u *o *a is an allophone of and (in different environments). is an allophone of when it does not receive the primary stress. Furthermore, and may both be reduced to a schwa in fast speech in certain conditions.Consonants
Daigle (2015)Lexicon
Daigle (2015) * : water, fresh water * : island * : sister; branch * : big house * : wood, tree * : chest, breast * : breast milk (: breast, : its water) * : scorpion * : small fresh-water turtle * : cloud * : dance (n) * : month * : shoe (borrowing) * : diesel fuel (borrowing) * : zero (borrowing) * : think (borrowing) * : cat (borrowing) * : teacher (borrowing) * : paper (borrowing) * : crack, split (borrowing) * : hat (borrowing) * : older sibling (borrowing) * : year (borrowing) * : book (borrowing)References
Further reading
* Aru languages Languages of Indonesia {{au-lang-stub