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Wejewa
West Sumbanese
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Sumba Island
Native speakers	(65,000 cited 1997–2011)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Sumba–Flores Sumba–Hawu Sumba Wejewa–Lamboya Wejewa
Dialects	Weyewa proper Loura Tana Righu Ve Luri Wai Bangga Loliina
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: wew – Wejewa lur – Laura
Glottolog	weje1237
ELP	Weyewa

Wejewa (Weyewa, Wewewa) is an Austronesian language spoken on Sumba, Indonesia.

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p	t	(c)	k	ʔ
Prenasalized	ᵐb	ⁿd		ᵑg
Implosive	ɓ	ɗ	(ʄ)	ɠ
Fricative		s
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Approximant	w	r, l	j

• The phonemes /c ʄ/ are very rare, occurring in four words in total.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e		o
Low		a