Nyaduʼ language explained

Nyadu

Nativename:

Benyadu

States:

Indonesia

Region:

Kalimantan

Speakers:

54,000

Date:

2007

Ref:

e18

Familycolor:

Austronesian

Fam2:

Malayo-Polynesian

Fam3:

Greater North Borneo

Fam4:

Land Dayak

Fam5:

Bekati

Iso3:

byd

Glotto:

beny1237

Glottorefname:

Benyadu'}}

The Nyadu language, Benyadu, is a Dayak language of Borneo.

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	voiced	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
	prestopped	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/
Plosive		pronounced 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/
Fricative			pronounced as /link/			pronounced as /link/
Trill			pronounced as /link/
Approximant		pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/

• Sounds /c, ɟ/ may also be pronounced as affricates as [cç, ɟʝ] or [tʃ, dʒ].

Vowels

Vowels are heard as /i, e, a, o, u/.^[1]

References

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Notes and References

1. Book: Jardine, Adam . Banyaduq Prestopped Nasals: Synchrony and Diachrony . Athanasopoulou . Angeliki . Cole . Peter . 2015 . Oceanic Linguistics 54, no. 2 . 548–78.