Papuan language of East Timor
Makalero or Maklere is a Papuan language spoken in the Lautém district of East Timor. It was previously considered to be a dialect of Makasae, but is nowadays seen as a separate language, both by its speakers and linguists.
Phonology.
The data in this section are from Huber (2017).
Vowels.
Makalero has five vowel phonemes. Most long vowels occur in predictable contexts; thus Huber argues long vowels are marginal phonemes at best.
Syllables are commonly CV; some are CVC. Epenthetic vowels are often inserted between series of two consonants, and echo vowels are often added to the end of phonological phrases.
Consonants.
Makalero has 11 native consonant phonemes.
Grammar.
All information in this section is from Huber 2011.
Lexical Categories.
Makalero does not have a definitive noun/verb distinction. Nearly all content words can be heads of NPs as well as predicates. In the following examples, "isit" can be a predicate or a nominal.
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Content words must be bimoraic, unlike function words, which may be monomoraic.
Valency.
Makalero has only avalent verbs and divalent verbs. There are no trivalent verbs; instead, biclausal constructions are used.
The avalent verbs are adverbial verbs such as "atanana" 'first,' "hana’e" 'a long time ago,' "aire’" 'now,' "kamunei" 'tomorrow,' "mu’it" 'for a long time,' "raine’" 'last night,' and "tone’" 'maybe.'
Divalent verbs allow for a subject and either an object or complement.
In the following example, "Kiloo" is the subject and "ani" is the object.
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In the following example, "ani" is the subject and "rau-rau" is the complement.
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Notes.
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LNK1:linker 1
RED:reduced
NSIT:new situation
RDL:reduplicant
BD:bound form
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References.
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