Mainstream Kenyah language

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Mainstream Kenyah, also known as Usun Apau and Bakung, is a Kenyah dialect clusterofNorth Kalimantan, Indonesia, and Sarawak, Malaysia. Dialects fall into four clusters:

Lepo’ Ke, Lepo’ Kuda

Lepo’ Maut, Lepo’ Ndang, Badeng (Madang)^[3]

Bakung, Lepo’ Tepu’ (Lepo Teppu’).

Kenyah
Lepo’
Bakung
Native to	Indonesia, Malaysia
Region	Borneo
Ethnicity	Kenyah
Native speakers	50,000 (2007–2013)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian North Bornean North Sarawakan Kenyah Kenyah
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`xkl`
Glottolog	`main1275`

Phonology

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t̪		t͡ʃ	k	ʔ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiced	b		d	d͡ʒ	g
Fricative				s
Nasal		m		n	ɲ	ŋ
Trill				r
Approximant		w		l	j

Sounds /p, t̪/ can also occur as geminated [pː, t̪ː] or as unreleased in word-final [p̚, t̪̚].

^ also Lepo Jengan, Lepo Aga, Uma Ake, Lepo Ga, Lepo La’ang, Sambup, and Likan

^ also Lepo Jamok

^ Asih, Yuni Utami (2017). Inventory of Kenyah Lepo Tau Segmental Sounds.

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