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Kula language 
Summary
Kula (Kola) or Lamtoka (Lantoka), also known as Tanglapui, is a Papuan language spoken in villages on the north coast, south coast and mountainous interior of Alor Island in Indonesia. Dialects are Kula proper, Kulatela, Watena, Kula Watena, Iramang, Larena, Sumang, and Arumaka. Most settlements where Kula is spoken are "new villages" that have only been inhabited since the 1960s. Due to this recent resettlement, and since usage of the language is discouraged in schools, Kula is an endangered language.[2]
| Kula | |
|---|---|
| Tanglapui | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Alor Island |
Native speakers | (5,000 cited 1997)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tpg |
| Glottolog | kula1280 |
| ELP | Kula |
Phonology edit
The data in this section are taken from Williams (2017).[2] Phonemes in brackets are "marginal phonemes".
Consonants edit
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | labial | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ ⟨ng⟩ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | (kʷ) ⟨kw⟩ | |
| voiced | b | d | g | (gʷ) ⟨gw⟩ | ||
| Affricate | (d͡ʒ) ⟨j⟩ | |||||
| Fricative | (β) ⟨w⟩ | s | ||||
| Liquid | trill | (r) | ||||
| lateral | l | |||||
| Semivowel | j ⟨y⟩ | w | ||||
Vowels edit
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| ɪ ⟨í⟩ | |||
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | ɐ ⟨á⟩ | ||
| a |
References edit
- ^ Kula at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Williams, Nicholas J. (2017). "Kula". In Schapper, Antoinette (ed.). The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 2. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 185–266.
External links edit
- ELAR archive of Documenting Language and Interaction in Kula