Momogun language

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Momogun
Native to Malaysia
Region Sabah
Native speakers
90,000 (2007–2009) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
kqr  – Kimaragang (Marigang, Sonsogon)
tgb  – Tobilung (Tebilung)
drg  – Rungus (Momogun)
Glottolog kima1244   Kimaragang
tobi1239   Tobilung
rung1259   Rungus

Kimaragang (Marigang), Tobilung, and Rungus are varieties of a single Austronesian language of Sabah, Malaysia. The three varieties share moderate mutual intelligibility. Children are not learning it well in some areas. [1]

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Phonology

Consonants [2]
Labial Alveolar Post-alv./
Palatal 		Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d ɡ
Affricate voiceless ts
voiced dz dʒ
Fricative voiceless s h
voiced v z
Lateral l ɭ̆
Approximant j

/ɭ̆/ may also be heard as [l] in word-final positions.

Vowels [2]
Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a

References

  1. 1 2 Kimaragang (Marigang, Sonsogon) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Tobilung (Tebilung) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Rungus (Momogun) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 Forschner, T. A. (1994). Hoturan di Boros Momogun (Rungus): Outline of a Momogun grammar (Rungus dialect).


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