Momogun language
| Momogun | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Malaysia |
| Region | Sabah |
| Ethnicity | Dusun and Rungus peoples |
Native speakers | 90,000 (2007–2009)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:kqr – Kimaragang (Marigang, Sonsogon)tgb – Tobilung (Tebilung)drg – Rungus (Momogun) |
| Glottolog | kima1244 Kimaragangtobi1239 Tobilungrung1259 Rungus |
Kimaragang (Marigang), Tobilung, and Rungus are varieties of a single Austronesian language of Sabah, Malaysia. The three varieties share moderate mutual intelligibility. Children are not learning it well in some areas.[1]
Phonology
[edit]| Labial | Alveolar | Post-alv./ Palatal |
Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Affricate | voiceless | ts | ||||
| voiced | dz | dʒ | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | h | |||
| voiced | v | z | ||||
| Lateral | l | ɭ̆ | ||||
| Approximant | j | |||||
/ɭ̆/ may also be heard as [l] in word-final positions.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
References
[edit]- 1 2 Kimaragang (Marigang, Sonsogon) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Tobilung (Tebilung) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Rungus (Momogun) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - 1 2 Forschner, T. A. (1994). Hoturan di Boros Momogun (Rungus): Outline of a Momogun grammar (Rungus dialect).
External links
[edit]- Kimaragang Language and Culture
- Rungus Dictionary on Webonary.org - dictionary by SIL International