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Aoheng language

Aoheng language

Austronesian language spoken in Kalimantan, Indonesia

Aoheng, or Penihing, is a Kayan language of East Kalimantan, Indonesia, one of several spoken by the Penan people.

Quick Facts Native to, Region ...

Phonology

More information Labial, Alveolar ...
  • The consonants /dʒ g j w/ only occur in loanwords.
  • /b/ can be heard as /β/ word-initially and intervocalically.
More information Front, Central ...
  • /ə/ may be pronounced as [ø] or [ɔ].

References

  1. [1]
    Aoheng at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Sellato, Bernard; Soriente, Antonia (2015). "The Languages and Peoples of the Müller Mountains and the Origins of Borneo's Nomads and their Languages". Wacana. 16: 339–354.


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