Mainstream_Kenyah_language

Mainstream Kenyah language

Mainstream Kenyah language

Language of Borneo

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’).
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Phonology

Consonants

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  • Sounds /p, t̪/ can also occur as geminated [pː,  t̪ː] or as unreleased in word-final [p̚, t̪̚].

Vowels

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  • /i/ can also occur as lax [ɪ].
  • Sounds /a, u/ can also be heard as long [aː, uː].[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Kenyah at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    also Lepo Jengan, Lepo Aga, Uma Ake, Lepo Ga, Lepo La’ang, Sambup, and Likan
  3. [3]
    also Lepo Jamok
  4. [4]
    Asih, Yuni Utami (2017). Inventory of Kenyah Lepo Tau Segmental Sounds.


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