Bahasa Palau: Perbezaan antara semakan

'''Palauan''' (also spelled '''Belauan''') is one of the two nationally recognized official languages spoken in the [[Palau|Republic of Palau]] (the second being [[English language|English]]). It is a member of the [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian family of languages]], and is considered to be one of two languages in [[Micronesia]] (the second being [[Chamorro language|Chamorro]]) belonging to the [[Western Malayo-Polynesian languages|Western Malayo-Polynesian]] group, all others considered to be members of either the [[Micronesian languages|Micronesian]] or [[Samoic languages|Polynesian outlier]] subgroups of [[Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages|Eastern Malayo-Polynesian]].

 

The [[phoneme|phonemic]] inventory of Palauan consists of 10 consonants and 6 vowels.<ref>Only 5 vowel phonemes are listed in {{Harvard citation|Wilson|1972}} because she avoids the issue of how to treat indeterminate underlying vowels. The vowel chart here tentatively reflects the analysis of {{Harvard citation|Flora|1974}}, who treats indeterminate vowels as instances of underlying {{IPA|ə}}. Furthermore, the analysis of Palauan {{IPA|[w]}} in {{Harvard citation|Flora|1974}} treats it as a phoneme distinct from {{IPA|/u/}}, while {{IPA|[w]}} is merely an allophone of {{IPA|/u/}} according {{Harvard citation|Wilson|1972}}. The consonant chart tentatively reflects Wilson's analysis.</ref> [[phonetics|Phonetic]] charts of the vowel and consonant phonemes are provided below, utilizing the [[help:IPA|International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)]].