Ot Danum language

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Ot Danum
Dohoi
Native to Indonesia
Region Kalimantan
Ethnicity Ot Danum people
Native speakers
79,000 (2007) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 otd
Glottolog otda1235

Ot Danum is a Barito language of the central Borneo, Indonesia, spoken by the Ot Danum people. Dialects include Cihie and Dohoi. [2]

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Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar (Alveolo-)
palatal
Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive/
Affricate
voiceless p t t͡ɕ k
voiced b d d͡ʑ g
Fricative β ( s ) ɕ h
Rhotic trill r
tap ɾ
Approximant j

Consonant fronting

Consonant fronting as well as laminalizing occurs among the following consonants when anywhere within the position of /i/. The allophones are heard as following:

PhonemeAllophone
/t/[t̪]
/d/[ⁿ̪d̪], [d̪]
/n/[n̪]
/r/[r̪]
/ɾ/[ɾ̪]
/nd/[n̪d̪]
/t͡ɕ/[t͡ɕ̻]
/d͡ʑ/[ᶮ̻d͡ʑ̻], [d͡ʑ̻]
/ɕ/[ɕ̻]
/ɲ/[ɲ̻]
/j/[j̟]
/k/[k̟]
/ɡ/[ᵑ̟ɡ̟], [ɡ̟]
/ŋ/[ŋ̟]
/h/[x̟]

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a

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References

  1. Ot Danum at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Bamba, John (ed.) (2008). Mozaik Dayak keberagaman subsuku dan bahasa Dayak di Kalimantan Barat. Pontianak: Institut Dayakologi. ISBN   978-979-97788-5-7.
  3. Inagaki, Kazuya (2005). Phonemic sketch of Dohoi/Kadorih. Kyoto University Linguistic Research 24: Kyoto University Research Information Repository. pp. 15–43.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)