Taliabo (Taliabu) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on the island of the same name in the Moluccas of Indonesia.

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Taliabo
Taliabu
Native toIndonesia, Maluku
RegionTaliabu Island
Native speakers
4,900 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
tlv  Taliabo
kzd  Kadai
Glottologtali1261
ELPKadai
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Dialects are:

  • Kadai
  • Padang (Samala)
  • Mananga
  • Mangei (Soboyo)

There are two linguistic strata in Taliabo, Central Maluku and Celebic, and it is not yet clear which group it belongs to.

The Soboyo dialect of Taliabo is notable for preserving Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *h, but only in word-initial position.

Phonology

Consonants

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All stop sounds (except for /ʔ/) and fricatives /s, ʃ/, may also be prenasalized in both word-initial and word-medial positions as /ᵐb, ⁿd, ᶮdʒ, ᵑɡ/.[3][4]

Vowels

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References

Further reading

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