Saluan, also known as Loinang after one of its dialects, is the main language spoken by the Saluan people on the eastern peninsula of the island of Sulawesi.
Phonology ConsonantsLabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottalNasalPlosive/AffricatevoicelessvoicedFricativeRhoticLateralApproximant In some dialects, the distinction between /l/, /r/ and /n/ is neutralized to /n/ in word-final position, as in putan 'rope' (pronounced putal in most dialects).
VowelsFrontCentralBackCloseMid()Open The central vowel is restricted to certain dialects.
In final position, there is a phonemic distinction between long and short vowels, as in 'tail' vs. 'elbow'.Mead, David and Edy Pasanda (2015). An Initial Appreciation of the Dialect Situation in Saluan and Batui (Eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia). SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2015-013. SIL International.
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