Ida'an language

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Ida’an
Native to Malaysia
Region Lahad Datu, Kinabatangan, and Sandakan districts of Sabah
Native speakers
10,000 (2013)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 dbj
Glottolog idaa1241[2]
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The Ida'an (also Idahan) language is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Ida'an people of Sabah, Malaysia.

Begak dialect is threatened with extinction, as younger speakers are switching to Malay.

Phonology

File:LunbawangLanguageList.jpg
Collection of words in English and translation in Ida'an, Bisaya and Adang Murut (Lun Bawang) in 1860 by Spencer St.John.

Vowels

Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e ə o
Low a

Consonants

Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop Voiceless p t k ʔ
Voiced b d ɡ
Affricate Voiceless
Voiced
Fricative s
Nasal m n ŋ
Lateral l
Trill r
Semivowel w j

References

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  1. Ida’an at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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