mamasa language

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      Mamasa is an Austronesian language spoken in West Sulawesi, Indonesia. This language is the native language of the Mamasa people which is related to the Toraja people.


      Dialects


      Three dialects can be distinguished:

      Northern Mamasa
      Central Mamasa
      Pattae'
      Speakers of Pattae' are a culturally distinct ethnic group traditionally more affiliated to the Mandar people than to speakers of the Northern and Central Mamasa dialects in the interior, and for that reason Pattae' is considered by its speakers to be a language separate from Mamasa proper (i.e. Northern and Central Mamasa).


      Phonology


      Mamasa has the following consonants and vowels:


      References




      Further reading


      Matti, David F. (1991). "Phonology of Mamasa" (PDF). In Rene van den Berg (ed.). Workpapers in Indonesian Languages and Cultures (PDF). Vol. 12, Sulawesi phonologies. Ujung Pandang, Sulawesi: Summer Institute of Linguistics. pp. 53–97. ISBN 979-8132-85-8.

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