Kiput is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in northern Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia.
Kiput | |
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Native to | Malaysia |
Region | Northern Sarawak, Borneo |
Native speakers | (2,500 cited 1981)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kyi |
Glottolog | kipu1237 |
ELP | Kiput |
While the Northern Sarawakan languages in general are known for unusual phonological developments,[example needed] Kiput stands out from the rest.[2][how?]
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/.
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
Plosive | Voiceless | p | t | c | k | ʔ |
Voiced | b | d | (ɟ) | ɡ | ||
Fricative | f | s | h | |||
Liquid | Lateral | l | ||||
Rhotic | r | |||||
Semivowel | w | j |