Tagol language
{{Short description|Austronesian language spoken in Borneo}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Tagol Murut
|nativename=
|region=Borneo
|speakers=20,000 in Malaysia
|date=2015
|ref=e25
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=North Bornean
|fam4=Southwest Sabahan
|fam5=Murutic
|fam6=Northern
|iso3=mvv
|glotto=taga1273
|glottorefname=Tagal Murut
|script=Latin
}}
The Tagol Murut language is spoken by the Tagol (highland) subgroup of the Murut people, and serves as the lingua franca of the whole group. It belongs to the Bornean subdivision of the Austronesian language family. Tagol Murut people can be found in Sabah and Sarawak, usually in areas around Sipitang, Tenom, Lawas, Limbang, and along the border areas shared with Brunei and Indonesia.
Phonology
= Consonants =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" | |
| colspan="2" |Nasal
|{{IPA link|m}} |{{IPA link|n}} | |{{IPA link|ŋ}} | |
|---|
| rowspan="2" |Plosive/ Affricate !{{small|voiceless}} |{{IPA link|p}} |{{IPA link|t}} | |{{IPA link|k}} |{{IPA link|ʔ}} |
| {{small|voiced}}
|[{{IPA link|b}}] |[{{IPA link|d}}] |({{IPA link|dʒ}}) |[{{IPA link|ɡ}}] | |
| colspan="2" |Fricative
|{{IPA link|β}} |{{IPA link|s}} | | |{{IPA link|h}} |
| colspan="2" |Rhotic
| |{{IPA link|r}} | | | |
| colspan="2" |Approximant
|{{IPA link|w}} |{{IPA link|l}} |{{IPA link|j}} | | |
/dʒ/ occurs only in recent loanwords.
Sounds /β r h/ are heard as voiced stops [b, d, ɡ] in word-initial and word-medial position, when preceded by nasal consonants.
= Vowels =
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Bornean languages}}
{{Greater North Borneo languages}}
{{Languages of Indonesia}}
{{Languages of Malaysia}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tagol Murut Language}}
Category:Endangered Austronesian languages
Category:Languages of Malaysia
Category:Languages of Indonesia
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