Klon
Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute
Situation
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Klon (Kelon, Kolon) [kə'lon] is spoken by 5,000 to 6,000 people (2003) living … (Baird 2008: 3-6.)
Dialects
Baird (2008: 4-6) distinguishes two dialects of Klon as follows:
Klon
Klon Bring (Probur, Probur Utara and Tribur villages)
Klon Paneia (Halerman, Margera and Manatang villages)
Sources
Stokhof (1975: 148-149) 117 comparative terms for Kelon of Probur and Halerman villages
Klamer (2006) Klon subjects (unobtained)
Baird (2008) grammar and (pp. 410-501) 2,289 terms for Mataraben hamlet of Probur village (Klon Bring)
Holton, Klamer, Kratochvíl, Robinson and Schapper (2012) proto-Alor-Pantar includes Klon reflexes
Holton and Robinson (2014) proto-Alor-Pantar includes Klon reflexes
Schapper, Huber and van Engelhoven (2014) proto-Alor-Pantar includes Klon reflexes
Phonology
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Pronouns
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Baird (2008: 134-160, 184-190) gives Klon free pronouns in five case forms as follows:
| actor reduced | actor full | emphatic | possessive | hortative | |
| -ø | -n/-gi/-ni/-g-le | -iŋan/-g-iŋan | -e/-ge | -a/-aga | |
| 1 sg. | na | nan | niŋan | ne | — |
| 2 sg. | a | a:n | iŋan | e | — |
| 3 sg. | ga | gan | giŋan | ge | — |
| 1 pl. excl. | ni | ngi | ngiŋan | nge | nga |
| 1 pl. incl. | pi | pin | piŋan | pe | pa |
| 2 pl. | i | igi | igiŋan | ege | aga |
| 3 pl. | i | ini | ini giŋan | ini ge | — |
| 1 dl. excl. | nle | ngle | ngle ngiŋan | — | ngle nga |
| 1 dl. incl. | — | ple | ple piŋan | — | ple pa |
| 2 dl. | — | egle | egle igiŋan | — | egle aga |
| 3 dl. | (i) ele | (ini) gle | ini ele giŋan | — | — |
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In addition to the free pronouns given above, prefixes are found in four case forms as follows:
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Verbal morphology
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