Kembayan, or Mateq (Mate’), is a Dayak language of Borneo.
Kembayan | |
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Mateq | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Kalimantan |
Native speakers | 11,000 (2007)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xem |
Glottolog | kemb1249 |
Phonology
editLabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
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Plosive | p b | t d | tʃ dʒ | k g | ʔ |
Prenasalized | ᵐp (ᵐb) | ⁿt ⁿd ⁿs | ⁿtʃ ⁿdʒ | ᵑk ᵑg | |
Fricative | s | h | |||
Nasal | m mː | n nː | ɲ | ŋ | |
Approximant | w | r, l | j |
- The phoneme /ᵐb/ is only attested in a single word that has likely been borrowed.
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i ĩ | ɨ ɨ̃ | u ũ |
Mid-high | e ẽ | 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
edit- ^ Kembayan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b 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.