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Kelabit may refer to: * Kelabit people, an indigenous tribe in the interior of Sarawak, Malaysia * Kelabit language, the language of the Kelabit people * Kelabit Highlands, a mountain range in Sarawak, Malaysia * Kelabitic languages also known as Apo Duat languages The Apo Duat or Dayic languages are a group of closely related languages spoken by the Kelabit people, Kelabit, Lun Bawang, and related peoples. They are: *Kelabitic: Kelabit language, Kelabit, Lengilu language, Lengilu, Sa'ban language, Sa'ban, T ..., spoken mainly by Lun Bawang, Kelabit people in Sarawak and Lundayeh in Sabah, Malaysia {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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Kelabit People
The Kelabit are an indigenous Dayak people of the Sarawak/ North Kalimantan highlands of Borneo with a minority in the neighbouring state of Brunei. They have close ties to the Lun Bawang. The elevation there is slightly over 1,200 meters. In the past, because there were few roads (only poorly maintained logging roads, which tended not to be too close to the Bario Highlands) and because the area was largely inaccessible by river because of rapids, the highlands and the Kelabit were relatively untouched by modern western influences. Now, however, there is a relatively permanent road route on which it is possible to reach Bario by car from Miri. The road is marked but driving without a local guide is not advisable, as it takes over 11 hours of driving to reach Bario from Miri through many logging trail junctions and river crossings. With a population of approximately 6,600 people (2013), the Kelabit comprise one of the smallest ethnic groups in Sarawak. Many have migrated t ...
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Kelabit Language
Kelabit is one of the most remote languages of Borneo, on the Sarawak–North Kalimantan border. It is spoken by one of the smallest ethnicities in Borneo, the Kelabit people. Phonology Kelabit vowels are . All consonants but the aspirated voiced stops are lengthened after stressed . Stress generally occurs on the penultimate syllable. Kelabit is notable for having "a typologically rare series of true voiced aspirates" (that is, not breathy voice/murmured consonants; for some speakers they are prevoiced) along with modally voiced and tenuis consonants but without an accompanying series of voiceless aspirates. It is the only language known to have voiced aspirates or murmured consonants without also having voiceless aspirated consonants, a situation that has been reconstructed for Proto-Indo-European.See glottalic theory. At the end of a word, is pronounced . For some speakers, is affricated; in neighboring Lun Dayeh, the reflex of this consonant is an unaspirated affr ...
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Kelabit Highlands
The Kelabit Highlands are a mountain range located in the northernmost part of Sarawak, Malaysia in the Miri Division. It hosts the Bario village. The highest mountains in this range are Mount Murud at , Bukit Batu Buli at , and Bukit Batu Lawi at . The current population of the Kelabit people is about 6,800. Maligan Highlands, another highland nearby located within the Limbang Division, hosts the Ba'kelalan village. Geography The rocks of the Kelabit Highlands comprise mudstones, sandstones, and limestones ranging in age from the Oligocene to Miocene periods. In terms of plate tectonics, the region was a basin formed by warping at a subduction zone where the continental crust was forced upwards. The estimated rate of uplift is 20 mm per century for the last two million years. period, Bario showed a lowering in temperatures during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Villages Bario The area hosts 13 villages. Seven of these are in the Bario area while the others are around the out ...
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Kelabitic Languages
The Apo Duat or Dayic languages are a group of closely related languages spoken by the Kelabit, Lun Bawang The Lun Bawang (formerly known as Trusan Murut or Southern Murut) is an ethnic group found in Central Northern Borneo. They are indigenous to the southwest of Sabah (Interior Division), and the northern region of Sarawak (Limbang Division), high ..., and related peoples. They are: *Kelabitic: Kelabit, Lengilu, Sa'ban, Tring * Lundayeh: Lun Bawang, Adang, Balait, Kolur, Lepu Potng, Lun Dayah, Lun Daye, Padas, Trusan Putoh may be an additional language, or it may be a dialect of Lundayeh. References {{au-lang-stub ...
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Apo Duat Languages
The Apo Duat or Dayic languages are a group of closely related languages spoken by the Kelabit people, Kelabit, Lun Bawang, and related peoples. They are: *Kelabitic: Kelabit language, Kelabit, Lengilu language, Lengilu, Sa'ban language, Sa'ban, Tring language, Tring *Lundayeh language, Lundayeh: Lun Bawang, Adang, Balait, Kolur, Lepu Potng, Lun Dayah, Lun Daye, Padas, Trusan Putoh language, Putoh may be an additional language, or it may be a dialect of Lundayeh. References

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