Kembayan language explained

Kembayan
Nativename:Mateq
States:Indonesia
Region:Kalimantan
Speakers:11,000
Date:2007
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Land Dayak
Fam4:Southern Land Dayak
Iso3:xem
Glotto:kemb1249
Glottorefname:Mateq

Kembayan, or Mateq (Mate’), is a Dayak language of Borneo.

Phonology

Consonants[1] !!Labial!Alveolar!Palatal!Velar!Glottal
Plosivepronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Prenasalizedpronounced as /link/ (pronounced as /link/)pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Fricativepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Nasalpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Approximantpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Vowels!!Front!Central!Back
Highpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Mid-highpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Mid-lowpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Lowpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/

Additionally, the following diphthongs are attested: /ɨi/, /ai/, /oi/, /ia/, /ɨa/, /ua/, /io/, /ao/, /iu/, /au/, /ou/.

Notes and References

  1. Connell . Timothy M. . A Sketch Grammar of Matéq: A Land Dayak Language of West Kalimantan, Indonesia . 2013 . MA . University of Canterbury . 10092/8912 . free .