Ida'an language
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| Ida’an | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Malaysia |
| Region | Lahad Datu, Kinabatangan, and Sandakan districts of Sabah |
| Ethnicity | 5,500 (2000) |
Native speakers | (no estimate available)[1] |
|
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dbj |
The Ida'an (also Idahan) language is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Ida'an people of Sabah, Malaysia.
Begak is threatened with extinction, as younger speakers are switching to Malay.
Phonology
Collection of words in English and translation in Ida'an, Bisaya and Adang Murut (Lun Bawang) in 1860 by Spencer St.John.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | ə | o |
| Low | a |
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | Voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| Voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Affricate | Voiceless | tʃ | ||||
| Voiced | dʒ | |||||
| Fricative | s | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Semivowel | w | j | ||||
References
- ↑ Ida’an reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- Goudswaard, Nelleke Elisabeth (2005). The Begak (Ida'an) Language of Sabah. Utrecht Institute of Linguistics / LOT Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistic. ISBN 90-76864-73-X.
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