Selaru is an
Austronesian language of
Selaru
Selaru is an island in Indonesia in the Tanimbar Islands group, Southeast Maluku. It is located south of Yamdena. It is one of the 92 officially listed outlying islands of Indonesia.
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and
Yamdena
Yamdena (spelt Jamdena during the Dutch colonial period) is the largest of the Tanimbar Islands in the Maluku Province of Indonesia. Saumlaki is the chief town, located on the south end of the island.
The island has a range of forested hills al ...
, in the
Maluku Islands
The Maluku Islands (; Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Maluku'') or the Moluccas () are an archipelago in the east of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located eas ...
of Indonesia. Linguistically is not close to
Seluwasan, its nearest relative.
Phonology
Consonants
* /h/ can be heard as
before velar stops.
* /k/ can be heard as
¡within voiced environments.
* Consonants preceding glide sounds are heard as either palatalized or labialized
², Ê·
Vowels
References
Further reading
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Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
Languages of the Maluku Islands
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