Termanu language

Termanu is an Austronesian language spoken in Roti Island, off Timor, Indonesia. It belongs to the Rote–Meto subgroup of the Timoric variety of the Central–Eastern branch of Malayo-Polynesian languages spoken in the region. Speakers of Korbafo and Bokai dialects of Termanu are ethnically distinct.

Phonology

Consonants

• /ᵑɡ, l/ have variants of [É¡, ɾ] in other dialects.
• Sounds [w, j] also occur in loanwords and interjections.

Vowels

Vowel length is also distributed.

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