Kiput language

Kiput
Native toMalaysia
RegionNorthern Sarawak, Borneo
Native speakers
(2,500 cited 1981)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kyi
Glottologkipu1237
ELPKiput

Kiput is a Malayo-Polynesian language primarily spoken by the Kiput people in northern Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia.

Phonology

While the Northern Sarawakan languages in general are known for unusual phonological developments, Kiput stands out from the rest.[2]

Vowels

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/.

Consonants

Kiput consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
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

References

  1. ^ Kiput at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blust 2005, p. 241.

Further reading

  • Blust, Robert (2002). "Kiput Historical Phonology". Oceanic Linguistics. 42 (2): 384–438. doi:10.1353/ol.2002.0004. S2CID 145323053.
  • Blust, Robert (2004). A Short Morphology, Phonology and Vocabulary of Kiput, Sarawak. Pacific Linguistics 546. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. doi:10.15144/PL-546. hdl:1885/146714.
  • Blust, Robert A. (7 December 2005). "Must sound change be linguistically motivated?". Diachronica. 22 (2): 219–269. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.570.7803. doi:10.1075/dia.22.2.02blu. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022.
  • Ray, Sidney H. (1913). "The Languages of Borneo". The Sarawak Museum Journal. 1 (4): 1–196.


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