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Language of Borneo
Kenyah | |
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Lepo’ | |
Bakung | |
Native to | Indonesia, Malaysia |
Region | Borneo |
Ethnicity | Kenyah |
Native speakers | 50,000 (2007–2013)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xkl |
Glottolog | main1275 |
Mainstream Kenyah, also known as Usun Apau and Bakung, is a Kenyah dialect cluster of North Kalimantan, Indonesia, and Sarawak, Malaysia. Dialects fall into four clusters:
- Lepo’ Tau, Lepo’ Bem, Uma’ Jalan, Uma’ Tukung[2]
- Lepo’ Ke, Lepo’ Kuda
- Lepo’ Maut, Lepo’ Ndang, Badeng (Madang)[3]
- Bakung, Lepo’ Tepu’ (Lepo Teppu’).
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t̪ | t͡ʃ | k | ʔ | |
voiced | b | d | d͡ʒ | g | |||
Fricative | s | ||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
Trill | r | ||||||
Approximant | w | l | j |
- Sounds /p, t̪/ can also occur as geminated [pː, t̪ː] or as unreleased in word-final [p̚, t̪̚].
Vowels
[edit]Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | ɛ | ə | ɔ |
Open | a |
- /i/ can also occur as lax [ɪ].
- Sounds /a, u/ can also be heard as long [aː, uː].[4]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Kaipuleohone's archive of Robert Blust's work includes notes on Kenyah language
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