Harshen Irarutu

Irarutu, Irahutu, Ko Kasira, yaren Australiya ne na mafi yawan cikin yankin Bomberai Peninsula na arewa maso yammacin New Guinea a cikin Masarautar Teluk Bintuni .  Sunan Irarutu ya fito ne daga harshen kansa, inda  hade da  don ƙirƙirar 'muryar su'. Lokacin da aka haɗa tare da  , wanda a kan kansa yana nufin 'gaskiya', ma'anar sunan ya zama 'Muryarsu ta gaskiya' ko 'Yaren mutanen gaskiya'.

Kuri yana da kusanci sosai a ƙamus, amma ba a rarraba shi bisa ƙa'ida ba. Ban da wannan, Irarutu ya bambanta sosai tsakanin yarukan Kudancin Halmahera – Yamma New Guinea . A baya can, ana ɗaukar Irarutu a matsayin na cikin rukunin Kudancin Halmahera na harsunan Australiya,  amma kwanan nan, Grimes da Edwards suna sanya Irarutu a cikin harsunan Kei-Tanimbar . Charles Grimes & Owen Edwards (in process) Wallacean subgroups: unravelling the prehistory and classification of the Austronesian languages of eastern Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Summary presentation at the 15th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics.

Akwai bambance-bambance guda bakwai da ake samu a cikin harshen: Nabi, Babo, Kasuri, Fruata, Kudu-Arguni, Gabas-Arguni, Arewa-Arguni. 

 Rarrabawa 
Ana magana da Irarutu a yankin Bomberai Peninsula na Indonesiya. Musamman, ana magana da shi a wurare kamar haka: 

 Kaimana Regency
 Arguni District: Minggir, Aru, Kafuryai, Warmenu, Egarwara, Warua, Tugunawa, Rafa, Fiduma, Rauna, Sumun, Wanggita, Ukiara, Warwarsi, Bovuer, Mahua, Jawera, Rofada, Waromi, Tanusan, Urisa, Mandiwa, Werafuta, Nagura, da kauyukan Seraran.
 Teluk Bintuni Regency
 Gundumar Babo: Irarutu 3, Nusei, Kasira, Amutu, Modan, and Kanaisi villages
 Gundumar Aroba: kauyen Wame
 Farfurwar gundumar.

 Fassarar sauti 

 Consonants 
Tyron (1995) yana ba da baƙaƙe masu zuwa: 
+Irarutu consonants   Labial Dental /</br> Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal Nasal m n  Tsayawa  p t c k  b d ɟ g Masu saɓo f s h Kaɗa ɾ  Semi wasula w j
, are all stops with  being voiceless and  being voiced. All stop consonants can be placed in any position (beginning, middle, or end) with the exception of  which cannot be placed in the ending position. Voiced stops  are mainly heard as prenasalized  in the Fruata dialect.

 are all voiceless fricatives.  is found in all three positions and is sometimes pronounced as a voiced  by Native Irarutu speakers, and is mainly heard as a bilabial fricative  in the East Arguni dialect.  is also found in all three positions but is never voiced.  may be a recent addition to the language.  is only found in initial and middle positions.

 are both voiced nasals. Both consonants are found in all three positions.

 is found in most Irarutu dialects, but is sometimes replaced by .

 Wasula 
Tyron (1995) ya ba da wasula masu zuwa: 
+Irarutu wasali Gaba Tsakiya Baya Babban i u ɪ Tsakar e ~ ɛ ( ə ) o ~ ɔ Ƙananan a
Ana samun wasula bakwai a cikin Irarutu,  . Ana iya amfani da duk wasula bakwai ta hanyar monophthong amma diphthongs an iyakance su ga ƴan haɗe-haɗe. 

 Nahawu 
Irarutu yana bin tsarin maudu'in-fi'ili-abu (SVO) a cikin tsari na kalma. Siffai irin su ƙima babba ko ƙididdigewa suna zuwa bayan suna, amma ga abubuwan da suka shafi zuriya magabatan farko suna zuwa gaban zuriya.  
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