Search: Start Page ➙ Language: Tukang Besi (khc, bhq) Alternative Names  Tukang-Besi, Wakatobi, Buton Family/Group  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian Area  SE Asia and Oceania General Data  spoken in Indonesia (on the northern and southern islands of the Tukang Besi archipelago) Typological Information  • prenasalised consonants • penultimate syllable stress • VOS Reduplication Form-Function  • full: pluralization, diminution • partial (initial mono- and disyllabic): pluralization, lexical enrichment, diminution • vowel reduplication: intensification Relationship Form-Function  various forms - various functions Reduplication System  two prevalent forms of reduplication (disyllabic and monosyllabic, the former constituting the norm) and a further pattern (vowel reduplication) used for pragmatic effect to emphasise the truth values of one word sentences (cf. Donohue 1999: 42) Comments  Tukang Besi is classified into Tukang Besi North (ISO 639-3: khc) and Tukang Besi South (ISO 639-3: bhq) Forms  Select Valueσ σσ stem V   Functions  Select Valuediminution intensification lexical enrichment pluralization Patterns  Select Valuefull partial Semantics  Select Valuecontinuity diminuity intensity other plurality   Word Classes  Select Valueadjective/adverb — adjective/adverb noun — noun pronoun — pronoun verb — verb   All Examples  ⊞ References    Terminology    Glossary    Field Descriptions

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