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Bambam
Bambang
Native toIndonesia
RegionSulawesi
Native speakers
40,000 (2010)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ptu
Glottologbamb1270

Bambam (Bambang) is an Austronesian language of West Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is spoken in the Mambi, Mehalaan, East Rantebulahan, and Bambang districts of Mamasa Regency, and in the Matangnga district of Polewali Mandar Regency.[2] Together with Aralle-Tabulahan, Ulumanda', Pannei and Dakka, Bambam belongs to the Pitu Ulunna Salu languages, which form a subbranch within the Northern branch of the South Sulawesi subgroup.[3]

Phonology

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Vowel phonemes[2][4]
Front Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open/Near-open æ[a] ɑ
  1. ^ /æ/ is written ⟨ä⟩.
Consonant phonemes[2][4]
Labial Alveolar Postalveolar Velar Glottal
Stop/
Affricate
voiceless p t k (ʔ)[a]
voiced b d d͡ʒ g
Fricative β[b] s h
Nasal m n ŋ
Lateral l
  1. ^ /k/ is realized as [ʔ] in morpheme-final position, e.g. änäk /ænæk/ [ænæʔ] 'child'.
  2. ^ /β/ only occurs in certain dialects, the prestige variant merges it with /b/

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