Bulungan language

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Bulungan
Native to Indonesia
Region North Kalimantan
Ethnicity Bulungan
Native speakers
30,000 (2002) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 blj
Glottolog bolo1268

The Bulungan language is an Austronesian language spoken in Bulungan Regency, North Kalimantan. The language was the court language of the Bulungan Sultanate. The classification of this language is not clear. Glottolog places it in the Sabahan group. [2] [3]

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The Bulungan language is predominantly spoken in eight villages in Bulungan Regency, namely: [4]

Phonology

Consonants [5]
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Stop p b t d c ɟ k ɡ ʔ
Fricative s h
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Lateral l
Trill ʀ
Semivowel w j

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References

  1. Bulungan at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. "Glottolog 4.5 - Bolongan". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  3. "Unclassified". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  4. Arifin, M. Bahri; Rijal, Syamsul (2019). Bahasa Daerah di Kalimantan Utara. Yogyakarta: Istana Agency. ISBN   978-623-7313-24-3.
  5. Adul 1985, p. 23.

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