Termanu is a Central Malayo-Polynesian language of Roti Island, off Timor, Indonesia. Speakers of Korbafo and Bokai dialects are ethnically distinct.
Termanu | |
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Pa'da | |
Central Rote | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Rote Island |
Native speakers | 30,000 (2002)[1] |
Austronesian
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | twu |
Glottolog | term1237 |
Labial | Apical | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||
Stop | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ |
voiced | b | d̪ | |||
prenasal | ᵐp ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ | ||
Fricative | f | s | h | ||
Lateral | l |
Vowel length is also distributed.[2]