Kiput language

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Kiput
Spoken in:	Northern Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
Total speakers:	450
Language family:	Austronesian  Malayo-Polynesian   Northwest    North Sarawakan     Berawan-Lower Baram      Lower Baram       Central        A         Kiput
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	map
ISO 639-3:	kyi
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Kiput is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by about 450 people in northern Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia.

Contents 1 Phonology 1.1 Vowels 1.2 Consonants 2 References

[edit] Phonology

[edit] Vowels

Kiput has 8 monophthongs /i ɪ e u ʊ o ə a/, at least 12 diphthongs /iw ew uj oj əj əw aj aw iə̯ eə̯ uə̯ oə̯/ and two triphthongs /iə̯j iə̯w/.

[edit] Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	Voiceless	p	t		k	ʔ
	Voiced	b	d		ɡ
Affricate	Voiceless			c
	Voiced			(ɟ)
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Fricative		f	s			h
Lateral			l
Rhotic			r
Semivowel		w		j

[edit] References

• Blust, Robert (December 2002). "Kiput Historical Phonology". Oceanic Linguistics 42 (2). 
• Blust, Robert (2004). A short morphology, phonology and vocabulary of Kiput, Sarawak. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. 
• Ray, Sidney H. (1913). "The languages of Borneo". The Sarawak Museum Journal 1 (4): 1–196.