# Segai language

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{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Kalimantan, Indonesia}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Segai
|altname=Punan Kelai
|states=[Indonesia](/source/Indonesia)
|region=[East Kalimantan](/source/East_Kalimantan)
|speakers={{sigfig|32,000|1}}
|date=1981–2002
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=[Malayo-Polynesian](/source/Malayo-Polynesian_languages)
|fam3=[Greater North Borneo](/source/Greater_North_Borneo_languages) ?
|fam4=[Kayanic](/source/Kayan%E2%80%93Murik_languages)
|fam5=[Modang](/source/Modang_language)–Segai
|dia1=Kelai
|dia2=Segah
|iso3=sge
|glotto=sega1243
|glottorefname=Segai
}}

'''Segai''', also known as '''Punan Kelai''', is a [Kayanic language](/source/Kayanic_languages) spoken in several communities along the [Kelai River](/source/Kelai_River), [Berau Regency](/source/Berau_Regency), [East Kalimantan](/source/East_Kalimantan), [Indonesia](/source/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](/source/Labial_consonant)
! [Alveolar](/source/Alveolar_consonant)
! [Palatal](/source/Palatal_consonant)
! [Velar](/source/Velar_consonant)
! [Glottal](/source/Glottal_consonant)
|-
! colspan="2" | [Nasal](/source/Nasal_consonant)
| {{IPA link|m}}
| {{IPA link|n}}
| {{IPA link|ɲ}}
| {{IPA link|ŋ}}
|
|-
! rowspan="2" | [Plosive](/source/Plosive)
! {{small|[voiceless](/source/voicelessness)}}
| {{IPA link|p}}
| {{IPA link|t}}
| {{IPA link|c}}
| {{IPA link|k}}
| {{IPA link|ʔ}}
|-
! {{small|[voiced](/source/voice_(phonetics))}}
| {{IPA link|b}}
| {{IPA link|d}}
| {{IPA link|ɟ}}
| {{IPA link|ɡ}}
|
|-
! colspan="2" | [Fricative](/source/Fricative)
|
| {{IPA link|s}}
| 
| 
| {{IPA link|h}}
|-
! colspan="2" | [Liquid](/source/Liquid_consonant)
|
| {{IPA link|l}}, {{IPA link|r}}
|
| 
|
|-
! colspan="2" |[Glide](/source/Glide_consonant)
|{{IPA link|w}}
|
|
|
|
|}

=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Vowel phonemes of Punan Kelai<ref name="Smith2" />
!
![Front](/source/Front_vowel)
![Central](/source/Central_vowel)
![Back](/source/Back_vowel)
|-
![Close](/source/Close_vowel)
| align="center" |{{IPA link|i}}
|
|{{IPA link|u}}
|-
![Mid](/source/Mid_vowel)
|{{IPA link|e}}, {{IPA link|ɛ}}
|{{IPA link|ə}}
|{{IPA link|o}}
|-
![Open](/source/Open_vowel)
|{{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}}

{{Bornean languages}}
{{Greater North Borneo languages}}
{{Languages of Indonesia}}

Category:Languages of Indonesia
Category:Kayan–Murik languages

{{austronesian-lang-stub}}

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