Eastern Kadazan language
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| Eastern Kadazan | |
|---|---|
| Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan | |
| Native to | Malaysia |
| Region | Sabah |
Native speakers | 20,600 (2000)[1] (only 5% of children learn it) |
Austronesian
| |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dtb |
| Glottolog | labu1249 |
Eastern Kadazan, also known as Labuk Kadazan, Kinabatangan Kadazan, or Sungai, is an Austronesian language primarily spoken in Sabah, Malaysia.
Phonology
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | (ʔ) | |
| voiced | b | d | dʒ ~ ʒ | ɡ | ||
| Fricative | β | s | ||||
| Approximant | w | l, ɫ | j | |||
| Rhotic | r | |||||
/dʒ/ may also range to a fricative among speakers.
The glottal stop /ʔ/ only appears in a few words.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | ə ~ o | ||
| Open | a | ||
/ə/ may also range to .[2]
References
- ^ Eastern Kadazan language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Hurlbut (1988)
Further reading
- Hurlbut, Hope M. (1988). Verb Morphology in Eastern Kadazan. Pacific Linguistics Series B - No. 97. Canberra: The Australian National University. doi:10.15144/PL-B97. hdl:1885/145419. ISBN 978-0-85883-347-0.
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