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Fordata | |
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Vaidida | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Tanimbar Islands |
Native speakers | (50,000 cited 2000)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | frd |
Glottolog | ford1242 |
Fordata (Vai Fordata, Vai Tnebar) is an Austronesian language spoken in the Tanimbar Islands of the Moluccas. It is closely related to Kei, and more distantly to Yamdena, both also spoken in the Tanimbar Islands.[2]
Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ ⟨ng⟩ | |||
Plosive | voiceless | t̪ | k | ʔ ⟨'⟩ | ||
voiced | b | d | ||||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | h | ||
voiced | v | |||||
Lateral | l | |||||
Trill | r | |||||
Semivowel | w | j ⟨y⟩ |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Open | a |