Mainstream Kenyah language

{{short description|Language of Borneo}} {{Infobox language |name=Kenyah |altname=Lepo’ |nativename={{lang|xkl|Bakung}} |states=Indonesia, Malaysia |region=Borneo |ethnicity=Kenyah |speakers={{sigfig|52,000|1}} |date=2007–2013 |ref=e18 |familycolor=Austronesian |fam2=Malayo-Polynesian |fam3=North Bornean |fam4=North Sarawakan |fam5=Kenyah |iso3=xkl |glotto=main1275 |glottorefname=Usun Apau Kenyah }}

Mainstream '''Kenyah''', also known as '''Usun Apau''' and '''Bakung''', is a Kenyah dialect cluster of North Kalimantan, Indonesia, and Sarawak, Malaysia. Dialects fall into four clusters:

*Lepo’ Tau, Lepo’ Bem, Uma’ Jalan, Uma’ Tukung<ref>also ''Lepo Jengan, Lepo Aga, Uma Ake, Lepo Ga, Lepo La’ang, Sambup,'' and ''Likan''</ref> *Lepo’ Ke, Lepo’ Kuda *Lepo’ Maut, Lepo’ Ndang, Badeng (Madang)<ref>also ''Lepo Jamok''</ref> *Bakung, Lepo’ Tepu’ (Lepo Teppu’).

== Phonology ==

=== Consonants === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! colspan="2" | !Labial !Dental !Alveolar !Palatal !Velar !Glottal |- ! rowspan="2" |Plosive/ Affricate !voiceless |{{IPA link|p}} |{{IPA link|t̪}} | |{{IPA link|t͡ʃ}} |{{IPA link|k}} |{{IPA link|ʔ}} |- !voiced |{{IPA link|b}} | |{{IPA link|d}} |{{IPA link|d͡ʒ}} |{{IPA link|g}} | |- ! colspan="2" |Fricative | | |{{IPA link|s}} | | | |- ! colspan="2" |Nasal |{{IPA link|m}} | |{{IPA link|n}} |{{IPA link|ɲ}} |{{IPA link|ŋ}} | |- ! colspan="2" |Trill | | |{{IPA link|r}} | | | |- ! colspan="2" |Approximant |{{IPA link|w}} | |{{IPA link|l}} |{{IPA link|j}} | | |}

* Sounds {{IPA|/p, t̪/}} can also occur as geminated {{IPA|[pː, t̪ː]}} or as unreleased in word-final {{IPA|[p̚, t̪̚]}}.

=== Vowels === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! !Front !Central !Back |- !Close | align="center" |{{IPA link|i}} | |{{IPA link|u}} |- !Mid |{{IPA link|ɛ}} |{{IPA link|ə}} |{{IPA link|ɔ}} |- !Open | |{{IPA link|a}} | |}

* {{IPA|/i/}} can also occur as lax {{IPA|[ɪ]}}. * Sounds {{IPA|/a, u/}} can also be heard as long {{IPA|[aː, uː]}}.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Asih |first=Yuni Utami |title=Inventory of Kenyah Lepo Tau Segmental Sounds |year=2017}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == * Kaipuleohone's archive of Robert Blust's work includes notes on Kenyah language {{Bornean languages}} {{Greater North Borneo languages}} {{Languages of Indonesia}} {{Languages of Malaysia}}

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