Kiput language

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Kiput
Region Northern Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
Native speakers
unknown (2,500 cited 1981)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kyi
Glottolog kipu1237[2]
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Kiput is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in northern Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia.

Phonology

Vowels

Kiput has 8 monophthongs /i ɪ e u ʊ o ə a/, at least 12 diphthongs /iw ew uj oj əj əw aj aw iə̯ eə̯ uə̯ oə̯/ and two triphthongs /iə̯j iə̯w/.

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop Voiceless p t k ʔ
Voiced b d ɡ
Affricate Voiceless c
Voiced (ɟ)
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Fricative f s h
Lateral l
Rhotic r
Semivowel w j

References

  1. Kiput at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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