Tanglapui languages

Tanglapui
Kolana–Tanglapui
Geographic distribution	Alor Island
Linguistic classification	Trans–New Guinea West Bomberai Timor–Alor–Pantar Alor–Pantar Alor East Tanglapui
Subdivisions	Sawila Kula
Language codes

The Tanglapui languages are a pair of closely related Papuan languages, Sawila and Kula, spoken on the island of Alor, which lies north of Timor in south east Indonesia. They have only marginal mutual intelligibility, and are ethnically distinct; nonetheless, the name 'Tanglapui' is used for either language.

Sawila Phonology

Consonants

Sawila consonant phonemes

		Labial	Alveodental	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n		ŋ ⟨ng⟩
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k	ʔ ⟨'⟩
	voiced	b	d		ɡ
Fricative			s
Approximant		w		j ⟨y⟩
Lateral			l
Trill			r

Vowels

Sawila vowel phonemes

	Front				Central		Back
	unrounded		rounded
	short	long	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	i	iː ⟨ii⟩	y ⟨uy⟩	yː ⟨uyi⟩			u	uː ⟨uu⟩
Mid	e	eː ⟨ee⟩					o	oː ⟨oo⟩
Open					a	aː ⟨aa⟩

Kula Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
					plain	labial
Nasal		m	n		ŋ ⟨ng⟩
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k	(kʷ) ⟨kw⟩
	voiced	b	d		g	(gʷ) ⟨gw⟩
Affricate				(d͡ʒ) ⟨j⟩
Fricative		(β) ⟨w⟩	s
Liquid	trill		(r)
	lateral		l
Semivowel				j ⟨y⟩		w

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
	ɪ ⟨í⟩
Mid	e		o
Low		ɐ ⟨á⟩
		a