Moma language

Austronesian language spoken in Sulawesi, Indonesia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Moma (also Kulawi) is an Austronesian language spoken in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Historically, it is derived from the Kaili dialect cluster, but is divergent due to strong influence from Uma.[1][2]

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Moma
Kulawi
Native toIndonesia
RegionSulawesi
Native speakers
(5,500 cited 2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3myl
Glottologmoma1242
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Phonology

The sound inventory of Moma below had been described by Adriani and Esser (1939).[2]

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Consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive plain voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d ɟ g
prenasalized voiceless ᵐp ⁿt ᶮc ᵑk
voiced ᵐb ⁿd
Fricative β h
Trill r
Approximant l j
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More information Front, Back ...
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Like many other languages on Sulawesi, Moma has only open syllables.[3]

Grammar

Moma has the following pronoun sets:[2]

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Moma personal pronouns
Independent Enclitic Prefixed Suffixed
First-person singular aku -a ku- -ku
Second-person singular iko -ko nu- -mu
Third-person singular hia -i na- -na
First-person plural (inclusive) kita -ta ta- -ta
First-person plural (exclusive) kami -kami ki- -kami
Second-person plural komi -komi ni- -mi
Third-person plural hira -ra ra- -ra
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