Saluan language

Saluan
Saluan
Loinang
Region	Sulawesi
Native speakers	(76,000 cited 1978)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Celebic Saluan–Banggai Saluanic Saluan; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	loe
Glottolog	salu1253
ELP	Saluan

Saluan, or Loinang after one of its dialects, is the main language of the eastern peninsula of the island of Sulawesi.

Phonology

Consonants^[2]
		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t		k	ʔ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiced	b	d	dʒ	ɡ
Fricative			s			h
Rhotic			r
Lateral			l
Approximant		w		j

In some dialects, the distinction between /l/, /r/ and /n/ is neutralized to /n/ in word-final position, as in putan 'rope' (putal in most dialects).^[3]

Vowels^[2]
	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e	(ə)	o
Open		a

The central vowel [ə] is restricted to certain dialects.

In final position, there is a phonemic distinction between long and short vowels, e.g. /ikuː/ 'tail' vs. /siku/ 'elbow'.^[3]

References

^ Saluan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b Pamolango, Valantino (2012). Geografi Dialek Bahasa Saluan. Manado: Universitas Sam Ratulangi.
^ ^a ^b Mead, David and Edy Pasanda (2015). An Initial Appreciation of the Dialect Situation in Saluan and Batui (Eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia). SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2015-013. SIL International.

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[e18-1] Saluan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Pamolango-2] Pamolango, Valantino (2012). Geografi Dialek Bahasa Saluan. Manado: Universitas Sam Ratulangi.

[MeadPasanda-3] Mead, David and Edy Pasanda (2015). An Initial Appreciation of the Dialect Situation in Saluan and Batui (Eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia). SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2015-013. SIL International.

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