Kiput language

Kiput
Region	Northern Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
Native speakers	unknown (2,500 cited 1981)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian North Bornean North Sarawakan Berawan–Lower Baram Lower Baram Kiput–Belait Kiput
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`kyi`
Glottolog	`kipu1237`^[2]

Kiput is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in northern Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia.

Phonology

Vowels

Kiput has 8 monophthongs /i ɪ e u ʊ o ə a/, at least 12 diphthongs /iw ew uj oj əj əw aj aw iə̯ eə̯ uə̯ oə̯/ and two triphthongs /iə̯j iə̯w/.

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	Voiceless	p	t		k	ʔ
Stop	Voiced	b	d		ɡ
Affricate	Voiceless			c
Affricate	Voiced			(ɟ)
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Fricative		f	s			h
Lateral			l
Rhotic			ɲ
Semivowel		w		j

References

↑ Kiput at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kiput". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Blust, Robert (December 2002). "Kiput Historical Phonology". Oceanic Linguistics 42 (2). doi:10.1353/ol.2002.0004.
Blust, Robert (2004). A short morphology, phonology and vocabulary of Kiput, Sarawak. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
Ray, Sidney H. (1913). "The languages of Borneo". The Sarawak Museum Journal 1 (4): 1–196.

Bornean languages

North Bornean

Sabahan

Unclassified	Dumpas

North Sarawakan

Unclassified	Bintulu

Sama-Bajaw ?	Abaknon Bajaw Sinama Pangutaran Sama

Bold indicates languages with more than 1 million speakers
? indicates classification dispute
† indicates extinct status

Languages of Malaysia

Main

Official	Malaysian

Recognised	English (Differences)

Significant
minority

Chinese	Sino-Tibetan Cantonese Eastern Min Fuqing Fuzhou Hokkien Mandarin Chinese Malaysian Mandarin Pu-Xian Min Penang Hokkien Southern Peninsular Malaysian Hokkien Yue Chinese

Indian	Dravidian Malayalam Tamil Malaysian Tamil Telugu Indo-European Gujarati Hindi Punjabi Urdu

Families

Creoles

Natives &
Indigenous

Nationwide	Banjar Buginese Javanese Malay (Malayan)

Peninsular Malaysia	Baba Malay Batek Baweanese Cheq Wong Chetty Malay Duano’ Jah Hut Jahai Jakun Kedah Malay Kelantan-Pattani Malay Kenaboi¹ Kensiu Kintaq Kristang Lanoh Mah Meri Minriq Mintil Mos Negeri Sembilan Malay Orang Kanaq Orang Seletar Pahang Malay Perak Malay Rawa Malay Sabüm¹ Semai Semaq Beri Semelai Semnam Southern Thai Temiar Temoq² Temuan Terengganu Malay Wila'¹

East Malaysia	Abai Bahau Bajaw Balau Belait Berawan Biatah Bintulu Bonggi Bookan Bruneian/Kedayan Malay Brunei Bisaya Bukar Sadong Bukitan Coastal Kadazan Cocos Malay Daro-Matu Dumpas Dusun Eastern Kadazan Gana’ Iban Ida'an Iranun Jagoi Jangkang Kajaman Kalabakan Kanowit Kayan Kelabit Kendayan Keningau Murut Kinabatangan Kiput Klias River Kadazan Kota Marudu Talantang Kuijau Lahanan Lelak¹ Lengilu¹ Lotud Lun Bawang Mainstream Kenyah Maranao Melanau Molbog Momogun Murik Kayan Narom Nonukan Tidong Okolod Paluan Papar Punan Batu² Penan Remun Sa'ban Sabah Bisaya Sabah Malay Sama Sarawak Malay Sebop Sebuyau Sekapan Selungai Murut Sembakung Seru¹ Serudung Sian Suluk Sungai Tagol Timugon Tombonuwo Tring Tringgus Tutoh Ukit² Uma’ Lasan

Mixed

Immigrants

Signs

Main	Malaysian Sign Language (Manually Coded Malay)

By states	Penang Sign Language Selangor Sign Language

¹ Extinct languages. ² Nearly extinct languages.

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