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 p b     t̪ d̪                 k ɡ    
 
 
 
 
  
 
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                 tʃ dʒ                
 
 
 
 
 
 
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   m       n̪       n̠           ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 ɸ                                           h  
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             *s                      
 
 
 
 
 
 
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       *l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: West makian
UPSID number: 8647
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Papuan, West Papuan
The languages has 23 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [p] [b] [t̪] [d̪] [k] [ɡ] [*s] [ɸ] [tʃ] [dʒ] [*r] [*l] [m] [n̪] [n̠] [ŋ] [i] [u] [e̞] [ə] [o̞] [ä] [h]
Comments:

West Makian is spoken in the western half of
Makian Island and some nearby islands to the west of the
coast of South Halmahera, Maluku, Indonesia. Vowel
sequences are common, including of like vowels. Most
words are stressed on the penultimate syllable.
Sources:

Voorhoeve, C.L. 1982. The West Makian language, North
Moluccas, Indonesia: a fieldwork report. In C.L.
Voorhoeve (ed.), The Makian Languages and Their Neighbours
(Pacific Linguistics, Series D, No. 46). Australian
National University, Canberra: 1-74.

Watuseke, F.S. 1976. West Makian, a language of the
North-Halmahera group of the West-Irian phylum.
Anthropological Linguistics 18: 274-285.