Kiput language

Kiput language

Infobox Language
name=Kiput
region=Northern Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
speakers=450
familycolor=Austronesian
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
fam3=Northwest
fam4=North Sarawakan
fam5=Berawan-Lower Baram
fam6=Lower Baram
fam7=Central
fam8=A
iso2=map
iso3=kyi

Kiput is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by about 450 people in northern Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia.

Phonology

Vowels

Kiput has 8 monophthongs IPA|/i ɪ e u ʊ o ə a/, at least 12 diphthongs IPA|/iw ew uj oj əj əw aj aw iə̯ eə̯ uə̯ oə̯/ and two triphthongs IPA|/iə̯j iə̯w/.

Consonants

References

*cite journal |last=Blust |first=Robert |authorlink=Robert Blust |year=2002 |month=December |title=Kiput Historical Phonology |journal=Oceanic Linguistics |volume=42 |issue=2
*cite book |last=Blust |first=Robert |authorlink=Robert Blust |year=2004 |title=A short morphology, phonology and vocabulary of Kiput, Sarawak |location=Canberra |publisher=Pacific Linguistics
*cite journal |last=Ray |first=Sidney H. |authorlink=Sidney H. Ray |year=1913 |title=The languages of Borneo |journal=The Sarawak Museum Journal |volume=1 |issue=4 |pages=1–196


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