Selayar or Selayarese is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by about 100,000 people on the island of Selayar in South Sulawesi province, Indonesia.
[2]: 210 Vowels are lengthened when stressed and in an open syllable.
Nasalization extends from nasal consonants to the following vowels, continuing until blocked by an intonation break or a consonant other than a glottal stop: Of the coronals, the voiceless stop is dental, while the others are alveolar.
Selayarese intransitive verbs index pronominal arguments via an absolutive enclitic.
[3][4]: 162 a'lumpa'=ajump=1Sa'lumpa'=ajump=1S'I jump'mangang=atired=1Smangang=atired=1S'I am tired'In transitive verbs the less agent-like argument is indexed by the absolutive enclitic.