Asụsụ Luang

 

Luang, makwaara dị ka Literi Lagona (Letri Lgona), bụ asụsụ Austronesia a na-asụ na agwaetiti Leti na agwaetiti Babar dị na Maluku, Indonesia.  Ọ nwere njikọ chiri anya na asụsụ Leti gbara agbata obi, yana 89% na-ekekọrịta okwu bụ isi.

Ọmụmụ ụdaolu

Mkpụrụ okwu

		Labial	Dental/ Alveolar	Dorsal	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	t̪	k	ʔ
	voiced		d	ɡ
Fricative		f	s		h
Nasal		m	n
Trill			r
Lateral			l
Approximant		w		j

• Palatalization na labialization [j, w] n'etiti ụda nwere ike ime mgbe ụda glide /w, j/ bu ụzọ.
• /ɡ/ nwere ike ịnụ dị ka [ɣ] n'efu.
• /m, n/ nwere ike ịnụ dị ka [ŋ] mgbe ọ na-esote /k/.
• /w/ nwere ike ịnụ dị ka [ʋ] mgbe ọ na-esote ụdaume. Enwere ike ịnụ ya dị ka [v] mgbe ọ dị n'etiti ụdaume abụọ dị elu, a pụkwara ịnụ ya n'efu dị ka [β] mgbe ọ nọ n'etiti mkpụrụedemede na-abụghị elu na ụdaume dị elu.
• /r/ nwere ike ịnụ dị ka [ɾ] n'okwu ngwa ngwa.
• /t̪, d/ mgbe a na-eme ka ọ dị ka [t̪j, dj], enwere ike ịnụ ya dị ka ụda [tʃ, dʒ] mgbe ọ na-ekwu okwu ngwa ngwa.

Mkpụrụedemede

	N'ihu	Central	Ịlaghachi azụ
N'akụkụ	i		u
N'etiti	e		o
Emeghe		a

• Enwere ike ịnụ schwa epenthetical [ə̆] n'etiti ụdaume homorganic.
• /e/ nwere ike ịnụ dị ka [ɛ] okwu-etiti na mkpụrụedemede mechiri emechi, na mkpụrụedemade a na-ekwusi ike na nke a na-emesi ike.
• /a/ nwere ike ịnụ dị ka [ə] okwu-n'ikpeazụ na ma na mkpụrụedemede a na-ekwusi ike na nke a na-echusi ike.

Njikọ mpụga

• Akwụkwọ Nsọ Luang
• Taber (2015). Luang Grammar and Phonology Sketch, SIL e‑Books, 63. Dallas: SIL International.