Phonology
Consonants
* Sounds only occur in loanwords. * is only attested in loanwords and also infrequently in roots.Vowels
* are heard as more closed when occurring before glides .References
Further reading
*Hein Steinhauer. 2009. The sounds of Southeast Babar. In Adelaar, K. Alexander and Pawley, Andrew (eds.), ''Austronesian historical linguistics and culture history: a festschrift for Robert Blust'', 399-409. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. Babar languages Languages of the Maluku Islands {{au-lang-stub