Temuan language (Temuan: , , , , , ) is a Malayic language (part of the Austronesian language family) spoken by the Temuan people, one of the

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or indigenous peoples of

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which can be found in the states of

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and

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. Temuan is a separate language but has a degree of

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with the

Malay language Malay ( , ; , Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ) is an Austronesian languages, Austronesian language spoken primarily by Malays (ethnic group), Malays in several islands of Maritime Southeast Asia and the Malay Peninsula on the mainland Asia. The lang ...

. It is written in a Latin alphabet, but no standard orthography has been made.

Phonology

/ə/ may be pronounced as �in syllable-initial prefixes. The glottal stop is only heard in word-final and intervocalic positions. can be heard as when in intervocalic positions. A trill is rarely heard as a pronunciation of . Nasal sounds are heard as preploded , when in word-final positions.

Vocabulary

Examples of Temuan words:

Dialects

Temuan is divided into two major dialects, namely Belandas and Mantra, which differ mostly in terms of phonology and to some extent vocabulary but are still mutually intelligible. ''Comparison between Belandas and Mantra dialects:'' Sample of ''Temuan Belandas'' dialect – ('he/she'), ('only'), ('we'), (end of sentence particle). Sample of ''Temuan Mantra'' dialect – ('he/she'), ('only'), ('we'), (end of sentence particle).

Footnotes

External links

Temuan Web Page
Orang Asli Temuan Webpage * http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage) * http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-BE48-2@view Temuan in RWAAI Digital Archive Agglutinative languages Languages of Malaysia Malayic languages {{malayic-lang-stub