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Kembayan language

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Kembayan
Mateq
Native toIndonesia
RegionKalimantan
Native speakers
11,000 (2007)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3xem
Glottologkemb1249

Kembayan, or Mateq (Mate'), is a Dayak language of Borneo.

Phonology

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Consonants[2]
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive p b t d k g ʔ
Prenasalized ᵐp (ᵐb) ⁿt ⁿd ⁿs ⁿtʃ ⁿdʒ ᵑk ᵑg
Fricative s h
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Approximant w r, l j
  • The phoneme /ᵐb/ is only attested in a single word that has likely been borrowed.
Vowels[2]
Front Central Back
High i ĩ ɨ ɨ̃ u ũ
Mid-high e o õ
Mid-low ɔ ɔ̃
Low a ã

Additionally, the following diphthongs are attested: /ɨi/, /ai/, /oi/, /ia/, /ɨa/, /ua/, /io/, /ao/, /iu/, /au/, /ou/.

References

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  1. Kembayan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 Connell, Timothy M. (2013). A Sketch Grammar of Matéq: A Land Dayak Language of West Kalimantan, Indonesia (MA thesis). University of Canterbury. hdl:10092/8912.