Kiput language
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| Kiput | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Malaysia |
| Region | Northern Sarawak, Borneo |
Native speakers | (2,500 cited 1981)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kyi |
| Glottolog | kipu1237 |
| ELP | Kiput |
Kiput is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in northern Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia.
Phonology
While the Northern Sarawakan languages in general are known for unusual phonological developments,[]
Vowels
Kiput has eight
monophthongs /i ɪ e u ʊ o ə a/, at least twelve diphthongs /iw ew uj oj əj əw aj aw iə̯ eə̯ uə̯ oə̯/ and two triphthongs
/iə̯j iə̯w/.
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal
|
m | n
|
ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Plosive | Voiceless
|
p | t
|
c | k | ʔ |
Voiced
|
b | d
|
(ɟ) | ɡ | ||
| Fricative | f | s | h | |||
| Liquid | Lateral | l
|
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| Rhotic | r
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| Semivowel | w | j | ||||
References
- ^ Kiput at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blust 2005, p. 241.
Further reading
- S2CID 145323053.
- hdl:1885/146714.
- from the original on 17 June 2022.
- Ray, Sidney H.(1913). "The Languages of Borneo". The Sarawak Museum Journal. 1 (4): 1–196.
External links
- Kaipuleohone archive includes written materials on Kiput
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