Ida'an language
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Ida’an | |
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Native to | Malaysia |
Region | Lahad Datu, Kinabatangan, and Sandakan districts of Sabah |
Native speakers
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10,000 (2013)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | dbj |
Glottolog | idaa1241 [2] |
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.
Contents
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 | |
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High | i | u | |
Mid | e | ə | o |
Low | a |
Consonants
Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Stop | Voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
Voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
Affricate | Voiceless | tʃ | ||||
Voiced | dʒ | |||||
Fricative | s | |||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
Lateral | l | |||||
Trill | r | |||||
Semivowel | w | j |
References
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