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Segai language

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Segai
Punan Kelai
Native toIndonesia
RegionEast Kalimantan
Native speakers
(30,000 cited 1981–2002)[1]
Dialects
  • Kelai
  • Segah
  • Bolongan
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
sge – Segai
blj – Bolongan
Glottologsega1243  Segai
bolo1268  Bolongan

Segai, also known as Punan Kelai, is a Kayanic language spoken in several communities along the Kelai River, Berau Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.[2]

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes of Punan Kelai[3]
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive voiceless p t c k ʔ
voiced b d ɟ ɡ
Fricative s h
Approximant l
  1. ^ Segai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Bolongan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Smith, Alexander D. (2017). The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii at Manoa. p. 77.
  3. ^ Smith, Alexander D. (2017). The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii at Manoa. p. 78.