Mainstream Kenyah, also known as Usun Apau and Bakung, is a
Kenyah dialect cluster
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of
North Kalimantan,
Indonesia
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, and
Sarawak
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,
Malaysia
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. Dialects fall into four clusters:
*Lepo’ Tau, Lepo’ Bem, Uma’ Jalan, Uma’ Tukung
*Lepo’ Ke, Lepo’ Kuda
*Lepo’ Maut, Lepo’ Ndang, Badeng (Madang)
*Bakung, Lepo’ Tepu’ (Lepo Teppu’).
Phonology
Consonants
* Sounds can also occur as geminated or as unreleased in word-final .
Vowels
* 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
Languages of Indonesia
Kenyah languages
Languages of Malaysia
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