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Segai
Segai
Punan Kelai
Native to	Indonesia
Region	East Kalimantan
Native speakers	(30,000 cited 1981–2002)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Greater North Borneo ? Kayanic Modang–Segai Segai; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Kelai; Segah;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sge
Glottolog	sega1243

Segai, also known as Punan Kelai, is a Kayanic language spoken in several communities along the Kelai River, Berau Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.^[2]

Phonology

Consonant phonemes of Punan Kelai^[3]
		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t	c	k	ʔ
Plosive	voiced	b	d	ɟ	ɡ
Fricative			s			h
Liquid			l, r
Glide		w

Diphthongs also occur as [iw, ew, æw, əw], [ao̯, ai̯, ae̯], [uj, oj].

↑ Segai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Smith, Alexander D. (2017). The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii at Manoa. p. 77.
1 2 Smith, Alexander D. (2017). The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii at Manoa. p. 78.