Luang, also known as (Letri Lgona), is an
Austronesian language spoken in the
Leti Islands The Letti Islands () of Indonesia are part of the Maluku Islands, in southwest Maluku Province. (The spelling Leti Islands is also used sometimes.) They are also called the "Lemola" Archipelago, from the initial two letters of each of the three main ...
and the
Babar Islands
The Babar Islands ''(''Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Babar)'' are located in Maluku Province, Indonesia between latitudes 7 degrees 31 minutes South to 8 degrees 13 minutes South and from longitudes 129 degrees 30 minutes East to 130 degrees 05 minutes ...
in
Maluku, Indonesia. It is closely related to the neighboring
Leti language
Leti (or Letti) is an Austronesian language spoken on the island of Leti in Maluku. Although it shares much vocabulary with the neighboring Luang language, it is marginally mutually intelligible.
Fewer than 1% of Leti speakers are literate in ...
, with 89% shared basic vocabulary.
Phonology
Consonants
* Palatalization and labialization among sounds may occur when preceding glide sounds .
* can be heard as in free variation.
* can be heard as when preceding .
* can be heard as when preceding a consonant. It can be heard as when between two high vowels, and can also be heard freely as when between a non-high vowel and a high vowel.
* can be heard as in fast speech.
* when palatalized as , can be heard as affricate sounds when in fast speech.
Vowels
* An epenthetical schwa can be heard in between homorganic consonants.
* can be heard as word-medially in closed syllables, and in stressed and pre-stressed syllables.
* can be heard as word-finally and in both stressed and post-stressed syllables.
References
External links
Luang Bible*
Timor–Babar languages
Languages of Indonesia
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