Voiceless plosives [ptk] can have unreleased allophones [p̚t̚k̚] in word-final position. A phonemic /r/ can be heard in place of /l/ among dialects.[6]
Vocabulary
A wordlist of 200 basic vocabulary items is available at the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database,[7] with data provided by Robert Blust and from Edwards (2016).[8]
^Uab Meto at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Baikeno at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^Endangered Languages Project data for Baikeno.
^Edwards, Owen (2020). Metathesis and Unmetathesis in Amarasi. Berlin: Language Science Press. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3700413. ISBN 978-3-96110-223-5.
^"Dawan (Uab Meto)". omniglot.com.
^Tarno et al. (1992)
^Edwards (2016), pp. 71–72
^"Uab Meto Wordlist". Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database.
^Edwards (2016), pp. 79–85
Further reading
Edwards, Owen (2016). "Parallel Sound Correspondences in Uab Meto". Oceanic Linguistics. 55 (1): 52–86. doi:10.1353/ol.2016.0008. hdl:1885/108661 – via Australian National University.
Middelkoop, P. (1950). "Proeve van een Timorese Grammatica" [A Trial Timorese Grammar]. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (in Dutch). 106 (3): 375–517. doi:10.1163/22134379-90002474.
Tarno; Wakidi; S.J. Mboeik; P. Sawardo; S. Kusharyanto (1992). Tata Bahasa Dawan [Dawan Grammar] (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Pusal Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. ISBN 979-459-206-4 – via Repositori Institusi Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan.
External links
Uab Meto language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator
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