Makalero
| Makalero | |
|---|---|
| Native to | East Timor |
| Region | Timor Island, eastern end around Baucau and inland, west of Fataluku, from northern to southern coast in a dialect chain. |
Native speakers | 8,000 (2017)[1] |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mjb |
| Glottolog | makl1245 |
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 Distribution of Makalero mother-tongue speakers in East Timor | |
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Makalero or Maklere is a Papuan language spoken in the Lautém district of East Timor. It was previously considered to be a dialect of Makasae, but is nowadays seen as a separate language, both by its speakers and linguists.[1]
Phonology
[edit | edit source]The data in this section are from Huber (2017).[1]
Vowels
[edit | edit source]Makalero has five vowel phonemes. Most long vowels occur in predictable contexts; thus Huber argues long vowels are marginal phonemes at best.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i (iː) | u (uː) | |
| Mid | e (eː) | o (oː) | |
| Open | a (aː) |
Syllables are commonly CV; some are CVC. Epenthetic vowels are often inserted between series of two consonants, and echo vowels are often added to the end of phonological phrases.
Consonants
[edit | edit source]Makalero has 11 native consonant phonemes.
| Labial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar |
Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | d̠ | k | ʔ |
| Fricative | f | s | |||
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Trill | r | ||||
| Lateral | l |
Grammar
[edit | edit source]All information in this section is from Huber 2011.[2]
Lexical Categories
[edit | edit source]Makalero does not have a definitive noun/verb distinction. Nearly all content words can be heads of NPs as well as predicates. In the following examples, isit can be a predicate or a nominal.
asi-atupusi
1S:POSS-belly
hai
NSIT
nomo
NEG
isit
ill
[2]: 98
'my belly did not hurt anymore' Unknown glossing abbreviation(s) (help);
Ki-isit=ee
3:POSS-ill=DEF
hai
NSIT
k-ua-misa
3:UND-on.top:RED-go.up
[2]: 98
'His illness got worse' (lit. went up on top) Unknown glossing abbreviation(s) (help);
Content words must be bimoraic, unlike function words, which may be monomoraic.
Valency
[edit | edit source]Makalero has only avalent verbs and divalent verbs. There are no trivalent verbs; instead, biclausal constructions are used.
The avalent verbs are adverbial verbs such as atanana 'first,' hana’e 'a long time ago,' aire’ 'now,' kamunei 'tomorrow,' mu’it 'for a long time,' raine’ 'last night,' and tone’ 'maybe.'
Divalent verbs allow for a subject and either an object or complement.
In the following example, Kiloo is the subject and ani is the object.
In the following example, ani is the subject and rau-rau is the complement.
Ani
1S
mei=ni
take=LNK1
rau-rau-kena
RDL-good-see:BD
[2]: 143
'I see it very well' Unknown glossing abbreviation(s) (help);
Numerals
[edit | edit source]| 1 | unu | 11 | ruu resi nu |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | loloi | 12 | ruu resi loloi |
| 3 | lolitu | 13 | ruu resi lolitu |
| 4 | faata | 14 | ruu resi faata |
| 5 | lima | 15 | ruu resi lima |
| 6 | douhu | ||
| 7 | fitu | ||
| 8 | afo | ||
| 9 | siwa | ||
| 10 | ruru-u |
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c Huber (2017)
- ^ a b c d e Huber (2011)
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References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Makasai at The Language Archive