Pamona language

Pamona (also Poso or Bare’e) is an Austronesian language spoken in Central and South Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is part of the northern group of the Kaili–Pamona languages.

Pamona
Bare’e
Native toIndonesia
RegionSulawesi
Native speakers
140,000 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3pmf
Glottologpamo1252[2]

Dialects

Ethnologue lists as dialects: Laiwonu (Iba), Pamona (Poso), Rapangkaka (Aria), Taa (Topotaa, Wana), Tobau (Bare’e, Tobalo, Tobao), Tokondindi, Tomoni, Topada.[3]

Phonology

Pamona has the following sound inventory:[4]

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d ɟ g
Prenasalized plosive voiceless ᵐp ⁿt ᶮc ᵑk
voiced ᵐb ⁿd ᶮɟ ᵑg
Fricative s h
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Trill r
Approximant ʋ l j
Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i u
Close-Mid e o
Open a


Notes
  1. Pamona at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Pamona". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Pamona at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  4. Adriani (1931), p. 17.

Bibliography
  • Adriani, Nicolaus (1931). Spraakkunst der Bare'e-Taal. Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, LXX. Bandung: A. C. Nix.


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