Fordata (, ) 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.
Phonology
Consonants
- Glottal sounds only occur intervocalically.
- can often be heard as among younger speakers.
- can also be heard in free variation with a flap sound .
Vowels
- Sounds have lax sounds of [ ]
- can have an allophone of when before a consonant, or in word-final position.
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