Fordata (Vai Fordata, Vai Tnebar) is an Austronesian language spoken in the Tanimbar Islands of the Moluccas. It is closely related to Kei, and more distantly to Yamdena, both also spoken in the Tanimbar Islands.[2]
Fordata | |
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Vaidida | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Tanimbar Islands |
Native speakers | 50,000 (2000)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | frd |
Glottolog | ford1242 |
Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ ⟨ng⟩ | |||
Plosive | voiceless | t̪ | k | ʔ ⟨'⟩ | ||
voiced | b | d | ||||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | h | ||
voiced | v | |||||
Lateral | l | |||||
Trill | r | |||||
Semivowel | w | j ⟨y⟩ |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Open | a |