Mainstream Kenyah language

Mainstream Kenyah, also known as Usun Apau and Bakung, is a Kenyah dialect cluster of North Kalimantan, Indonesia, and Sarawak, Malaysia. Dialects fall into four clusters:

Lepo’ Tau, Lepo’ Bem, Uma’ Jalan, Uma’ Tukungalso Lepo Jengan, Lepo Aga, Uma Ake, Lepo Ga, Lepo La’ang, Sambup, and Likan Lepo’ Ke, Lepo’ Kuda Lepo’ Maut, Lepo’ Ndang, Badeng (Madang)also Lepo Jamok Bakung, Lepo’ Tepu’ (Lepo Teppu’).

Phonology

Consonants LabialDentalAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottalPlosive/AffricatevoicelessvoicedFricativeNasalTrillApproximant

Sounds can also occur as geminated or as unreleased in word-final .

Vowels FrontCentralBackCloseMidOpen

can also occur as lax . Sounds can also be heard as long .

References

External links Kaipuleohone's archive of Robert Blust's work includes notes on Kenyah language