沙瓦伊語(Sawai、亦稱:韦达语)為南島語系南哈馬黑拉語系()之一種,主要通行於印度尼西亚北马鲁古省哈马黑拉岛南部韦达及戈內(Gane)帝摩地區。約有12,000名使用者。
音系
底下說明通行於"勒力勒夫窩也布蘭"(Lelilef Woyebulan)村及"庫別波波麗斯"(Kobe Peplis)村的"沙瓦伊-庫別方言"。
輔音
沙瓦伊語有14個輔音:
元音
沙瓦伊語有7個元音:
音節
沙瓦伊語音節結構如下:
: (C)(C)V(C)
範例:
註釋
參考文獻
- Burquest, Donald A.; & Laidig, Wyn D. (Eds.). (1992). Phonological studies in four languages of Maluku. The Summer Institute of Linguistics and the University of Texas at Arlington publications in linguistics (No. 108). Dallas: The Summer Institute of Linguistics, The University of Texas at Arlington, and Pattimura University. ISBN 0-88312-803-9.
- Whistler, Ronald. (1992). Phonology of Sawai. In D. A. Burquest & W. D. Laidig (Eds.), Phonological studies in four languages of Maluku (pp. 7–32). Dallas: The Summer Institute of Linguistics, The University of Texas at Arlington, and Pattimura University.
- Whistler, Ronald; & Whistler, Jacqui. (1995). Sawai: Introduction and wordlist. In D. T. Tryon (Ed.), Comparative Austronesian dictionary: An introduction to Austronesian studies (part 1: fascicle 1, pp. 659–65). Trends in linguistics, Documentation (No. 10). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
外部連結
- [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=szw Sawai] (Ethnologue)
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