Brunei Bisaya language
{{Short description|Sabahan language spoken in Brunei and Malaysia}}
{{distinguish|Bisayan languages|Cebuano language|Tutong language}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Bisaya
| altname = Tutong 1
| image = LunbawangLanguageList.jpg
| imagecaption = Collection of words in English and translation in Ida'an, Bisaya (Borneo) and Adang Murut (Lun Bawang) in 1860 by Spencer St.John
| states =
| speakers = {{sigfig|57,600|1}}
| date = 2007
| ref = e18
| familycolor = Austronesian
| fam2 = Malayo-Polynesian
| fam3 = Western Indonesian?
| fam4 = Greater North Bornean?
| fam5 = North Bornean
| fam6 = Sabahan
| fam7 = Southwest
| fam9 = Bisaya–Lotud–Dusunic?
| fam10 = Bisaya–Lotud
| iso3 = bsb
| glotto = brun1245
| glottorefname = Brunei Bisaya-Dusun
}}
Bisaya, also known as Southern Bisaya, Brunei Bisaya, Brunei Dusun or Tutong 1, is a Sabahan language spoken in Brunei and Sarawak, Malaysia.
Phonology
= Vowels =
= Consonants =
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! colspan="2" | |
colspan="2" |Nasal
|{{IPAlink|m}} |{{IPAlink|n}} |{{IPA link|ɲ}} |{{IPAlink|ŋ}} | |
---|
rowspan="4" |Plosive/ Affricate !voiceless |{{IPAlink|p}} |{{IPAlink|t}} |{{IPAlink|tʃ}} |{{IPAlink|k}} |{{IPAlink|ʔ}} |
voiced
|{{IPAlink|b}} |{{IPAlink|d}} |{{IPAlink|dʒ}} |{{IPAlink|ɡ}} | |
prenasal vl.
|{{IPAlink|ᵐp}} |{{IPAlink|ⁿt}} | | | |
prenasal vd.
|{{IPAlink|ᵐb}} |{{IPAlink|ⁿd}} | | | |
colspan="2" |Fricative
| |{{IPAlink|s}} | |{{IPAlink|ɣ}} |({{IPA link|h}}) |
colspan="2" |Rhotic
| |({{IPA link|r}}) | | | |
colspan="2" |Approximant
|{{IPAlink|w}} |{{IPAlink|l}} |{{IPAlink|j}} | | |
- /ɣ/ may also be heard as uvular [ʁ].
- Sounds /r, h/ are only restricted to Malay loanwords.{{Cite book |last=Alas |first=Yabit |title=The reconstruction of pre-Dusun and the classification of its descendants |publisher=University of Hawai'i at Mānoa |year=1994}}{{Cite book |last=Jamil |first=Hussain |title=Limbang Bisaya: Society and Language |last2=Newman |first2=John |year=1987 |location=Sarawak Museum Journal 36(58) |pages=75-89}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- Kaipuleohone's Robert Blust collection includes materials on Bisaya.
{{Languages of Brunei}}
{{Languages of Malaysia}}
{{Bornean languages}}
{{Greater North Borneo languages}}
Category:Languages of Malaysia
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