Segai language

{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Kalimantan, Indonesia}} {{Infobox language |name=Segai |altname=Punan Kelai |states=Indonesia |region=East Kalimantan |speakers={{sigfig|32,000|1}} |date=1981–2002 |ref=e18 |familycolor=Austronesian |fam2=Malayo-Polynesian |fam3=Greater North Borneo ? |fam4=Kayanic |fam5=Modang–Segai |dia1=Kelai |dia2=Segah |iso3=sge |glotto=sega1243 |glottorefname=Segai }}

'''Segai''', also known as '''Punan Kelai''', is a Kayanic language spoken in several communities along the Kelai River, Berau Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.<ref name="Smith1">{{Cite book|title=The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification|last=Smith|first=Alexander D.|publisher=University of Hawaii at Manoa|year=2017|location=Honolulu, HI|pages=77}}</ref>

==Phonology==

===Consonants=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Consonant phonemes of Punan Kelai<ref name="Smith2">{{Cite book|title=The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification|last=Smith|first=Alexander D.|publisher=University of Hawaii at Manoa|year=2017|location=Honolulu, HI|pages=78}}</ref> |- ! colspan="2" | ! Labial ! Alveolar ! Palatal ! Velar ! Glottal |- ! colspan="2" | Nasal | {{IPA link|m}} | {{IPA link|n}} | {{IPA link|ɲ}} | {{IPA link|ŋ}} | |- ! rowspan="2" | Plosive ! {{small|voiceless}} | {{IPA link|p}} | {{IPA link|t}} | {{IPA link|c}} | {{IPA link|k}} | {{IPA link|ʔ}} |- ! {{small|voiced}} | {{IPA link|b}} | {{IPA link|d}} | {{IPA link|ɟ}} | {{IPA link|ɡ}} | |- ! colspan="2" | Fricative | | {{IPA link|s}} | | | {{IPA link|h}} |- ! colspan="2" | Liquid | | {{IPA link|l}}, {{IPA link|r}} | | | |- ! colspan="2" |Glide |{{IPA link|w}} | | | | |}

=== Vowels === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+Vowel phonemes of Punan Kelai<ref name="Smith2" /> ! !Front !Central !Back |- !Close | align="center" |{{IPA link|i}} | |{{IPA link|u}} |- !Mid |{{IPA link|e}}, {{IPA link|ɛ}} |{{IPA link|ə}} |{{IPA link|o}} |- !Open |{{IPA link|æ}} |{{IPA link|a}} |{{IPA link|ɒ}} |} Diphthongs also occur as {{IPA|[iw, ew, æw, əw]}}, {{IPA|[ao̯, ai̯, ae̯]}}, {{IPA|[uj, oj]}}.

==External links== {{Reflist}}

Category:Languages of Indonesia Category:Kayan–Murik languages