Uma

Uma (known natively as ) is an Austronesian language spoken in Central and South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Phonology Consonants Notes: acts as a nasal in some respects and causes the nasalization of non-front vowels (e.g., [] 'ten'→ with nasal vowels). is realized as retroflex contiguous to non-front vowels. is neutralized word-initially, and is the only consonant that can occur in the coda or word-finally. In the Lincio variety of Central Uma, is pronounced . The semivowel is rare, found mainly in loan words. The affricate /tʃ/ is found only following /n/, i.e., in the prenasalized stop /ⁿtʃ/.