Wejewa language

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

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

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