Kiput is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in northern Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia.
Phonology
While the Northern Sarawakan languages in general are known for unusual phonological developments,[example needed] Kiput stands out from the rest.[2][how?]
Vowels
Kiput has eight monophthongs /i ɪ e u ʊ o ə a/, at least twelve diphthongs /iw ew uj oj əj əw aj aw iə̯ eə̯ uə̯ oə̯/ and two triphthongs /iə̯j iə̯w/.
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Plosive | Voiceless | p | t | c | k | ʔ |
| Voiced | b | d | (ɟ) | ɡ | ||
| Fricative | f | s | h | |||
| Liquid | Lateral | l | ||||
| Rhotic | r | |||||
| Semivowel | w | j | ||||
References
- ^ Kiput at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blust 2005, p. 241.
Further reading
- Blust, Robert (2002). "Kiput Historical Phonology". Oceanic Linguistics. 42 (2): 384–438. doi:10.1353/ol.2002.0004. S2CID 145323053.
- Blust, Robert (2004). A Short Morphology, Phonology and Vocabulary of Kiput, Sarawak. Pacific Linguistics 546. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. doi:10.15144/PL-546. hdl:1885/146714.
- Blust, Robert A. (7 December 2005). "Must sound change be linguistically motivated?". Diachronica. 22 (2): 219–269. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.570.7803. doi:10.1075/dia.22.2.02blu. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022.
- Ray, Sidney H. (1913). "The Languages of Borneo". The Sarawak Museum Journal. 1 (4): 1–196.
External links
- Kaipuleohone archive includes written materials on Kiput
