# Tagol language

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{{Short description|Austronesian language spoken in Borneo}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Tagol Murut
|nativename=
|states=[Malaysia](/source/Malaysia), [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia)
|region=[Borneo](/source/Borneo)
|ethnicity=50,000 (2015)<ref name=e25/>
|speakers=20,000 in Malaysia
|date=2015 
|ref=e25
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=[Malayo-Polynesian](/source/Malayo-Polynesian_languages)
|fam3=[North Bornean](/source/North_Bornean_languages)
|fam4=[Southwest Sabahan](/source/Southwest_Sabahan_languages)
|fam5=[Murutic](/source/Murutic_languages)
|fam6=Northern
|iso3=mvv
|glotto=taga1273
|glottorefname=Tagal Murut
|script=Latin
}}

The '''Tagol Murut language''' is spoken by the [Tagol](/source/Tagol_Murut_people) (highland) subgroup of the [Murut people](/source/Murut_people), and serves as the [lingua franca](/source/lingua_franca) of the whole group. It belongs to the [Bornean](/source/Bornean_languages) subdivision of the [Austronesian](/source/Austronesian_languages) language family. Tagol Murut people can be found in Sabah and Sarawak, usually in areas around [Sipitang](/source/Sipitang), [Tenom](/source/Tenom), [Lawas](/source/Lawas), [Limbang](/source/Limbang), and along the border areas shared with [Brunei](/source/Brunei) and [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia).

== Phonology ==

=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! 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|ŋ}}
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |[Plosive](/source/Plosive)/<br>[Affricate](/source/Affricate)
!{{small|voiceless}}
|{{IPA link|p}}
|{{IPA link|t}}
|
|{{IPA link|k}}
|{{IPA link|ʔ}}
|-
!{{small|voiced}}
|[{{IPA link|b}}]
|[{{IPA link|d}}]
|({{IPA link|dʒ}})
|[{{IPA link|ɡ}}]
|
|-
! colspan="2" |[Fricative](/source/Fricative)
|{{IPA link|β}}
|{{IPA link|s}}
|
|
|{{IPA link|h}}
|-
! colspan="2" |[Rhotic](/source/Rhotic_consonant)
|
|{{IPA link|r}}
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |[Approximant](/source/Approximant)
|{{IPA link|w}}
|{{IPA link|l}}
|{{IPA link|j}}
|
|
|}
/dʒ/ occurs only in recent loanwords.

Sounds /β r h/ are heard as voiced stops [b, d, ɡ] in word-initial and word-medial position, when preceded by nasal consonants.

=== Vowels ===
Vowels are heard as /i, a, o, u/.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Prentice |first=David J. |title=The Sumambuq dialect |publisher=Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University |year=1971 |location=In The Murut Languages of Sabah |pages=291–298}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Bornean languages}}
{{Greater North Borneo languages}}
{{Languages of Indonesia}}
{{Languages of Malaysia}}
{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tagol Murut Language}}
Category:Murutic languages
Category:Endangered Austronesian languages
Category:Languages of Malaysia
Category:Languages of Indonesia

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