Kiput language

Kiput is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in northern Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia.

Kiput
Native toMalaysia
RegionNorthern Sarawak, Borneo
Native speakers
(2,500 cited 1981)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kyi
Glottologkipu1237
ELPKiput[2]

Phonology

Vowels

Kiput has 8 monophthongs /i ɪ e u ʊ o ə a/, at least 12 diphthongs /iw ew uj oj əj əw aj aw iə̯ eə̯ uə̯ oə̯/ and two triphthongs /iə̯j iə̯w/.

Consonants
Kiput consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop Voiceless p t k ʔ
Voiced b d ɡ
Affricate Voiceless c
Voiced (ɟ)
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Fricative f s h
Lateral l
Rhotic r
Semivowel w j

References
  1. Kiput at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Kiput.

Further reading
  • Blust, Robert (2002). "Kiput Historical Phonology". Oceanic Linguistics. 42 (2): 384–438. doi:10.1353/ol.2002.0004.
  • 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.
  • Ray, Sidney H. (1913). "The Languages of Borneo". The Sarawak Museum Journal. 1 (4): 1–196.
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