Wetarese language

Wetarese is an Austronesian language of Wetar, an island in the south Maluku, Indonesia, and of the nearby island Liran.

Background

The four identified principal varieties of Wetarese on Wetar - Aputai, Iliʼuun, Perai and Tugun - are distinct enough that some may consider them to be different languages.
Wetarese is closely related to Galoli and to Atauran.

Phonology

The following represents the Tugun dialect:

Consonants

may also be heard as in free variation.
is mainly heard as in word-final position or in slower speech, it is heard as elsewhere.
only occurs in word-medial positions.

Vowels

Sounds are also heard as.