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Language of Borneo
Mainstream Kenyah , also known as Usun Apau and Bakung , is a Kenyah dialect cluster of North Kalimantan , Indonesia , and Sarawak , Malaysia . Dialects fall into four clusters:
Lepo’ Tau, Lepo’ Bem, Uma’ Jalan, Uma’ Tukung[ 2]
Lepo’ Ke, Lepo’ Kuda
Lepo’ Maut, Lepo’ Ndang, Badeng (Madang)[ 3]
Bakung, Lepo’ Tepu’ (Lepo Teppu’).
Phonology
Consonants
Sounds /p, t̪/ can also occur as geminated [pː, t̪ː] or as unreleased in word-final [p̚, t̪̚] .
Vowels
/i/ can also occur as lax [ɪ] .Sounds /a, u/ can also be heard as long [aː, uː] .[ 4]
References
^ Kenyah at Ethnologue (subscription required) ^ also Lepo Jengan, Lepo Aga, Uma Ake, Lepo Ga, Lepo La’ang, Sambup, and Likan
^ also Lepo Jamok
^ Asih, Yuni Utami (2017). Inventory of Kenyah Lepo Tau Segmental Sounds .
External links
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