Brunei Bisaya language
| Bisaya | |
|---|---|
| Tutong 1 | |
 Collection of words in English and translation in Ida'an, Bisaya (Borneo) and Adang Murut (Lun Bawang) in 1860 by Spencer St.John | |
| Region | Brunei, Sarawak |
Native speakers | 60,000 (2007)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bsb |
| Glottolog | brun1245 |
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
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | (e) | (ə) | ɤ ~ o |
| Open | a |
- /ɤ/ may also be heard as rounded [o], and may have an allophone of [ə].
- /i/ may also have an allophone of [e].
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t | tʃ | k | ʔ |
| voiced | b | d | dʒ | ɡ | ||
| prenasal vl. | ᵐp | ⁿt | ||||
| prenasal vd. | ᵐb | ⁿd | ||||
| Fricative | s | ɣ | (h) | |||
| Rhotic | (r) | |||||
| Approximant | w | l | j | |||
References
- ^ Bisaya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Alas, Yabit (1994). The reconstruction of pre-Dusun and the classification of its descendants. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
- ^ Jamil, Hussain; Newman, John (1987). Limbang Bisaya: Society and Language. Sarawak Museum Journal 36(58). pp. 75–89.
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External links
- Kaipuleohone's Robert Blust collection includes materials on Bisaya.