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] |
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.
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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 | tʃ | ||||
| Voiced | dʒ | |||||
| Fricative | s | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Semivowel | w | j | ||||
References
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