| Moma | |
|---|---|
| Kulawi | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Sulawesi |
Native speakers | 5,500 (2000)[1] |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | myl |
| Glottolog | moma1242 |
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]
The sound inventory of Moma below had been described by Adriani and Esser (1939).[2]
| 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 | |||||
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u |
| Close-Mid | e | o |
| Open | a | |
Like many other languages on Sulawesi, Moma has only open syllables.[3]
Moma has the following pronoun sets:[2]
| 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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