Austronesian language spoken in Borneo
Tagol Murut |
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Native to | Malaysia, Indonesia |
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Region | Borneo |
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Ethnicity | 50,000 (2015)[1] |
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Native speakers | 20,000 in Malaysia (2015)[1] |
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Language family | |
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Writing system | Latin |
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Language codes |
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ISO 639-3 | mvv |
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Glottolog | taga1273 |
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The Tagol Murut language is spoken by the Tagol (highland) subgroup of the Murut people, and serves as the lingua franca of the whole group. It belongs to the Bornean subdivision of the Austronesian language family. Tagol Murut people can be found in Sabah and Sarawak, usually in areas around Sipitang, Tenom, Lawas, Limbang, and along the border areas shared with Brunei and Indonesia.
Phonology
Consonants
/dʒ/ occurs only in recent loanwords.
Sounds /β r h/ are heard as voiced stops [b, d, ɡ] in word-initial and word-medial position, when preceded by nasal consonants.
Vowels
Vowels are heard as /i, a, o, u/.[2]
References
- ^ a b Tagol Murut at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Prentice, David J. (1971). The Sumambuq dialect. In The Murut Languages of Sabah: Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. pp. 291–298.
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Greater Barito * | |
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Greater North Borneo * | |
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Sumatran * | Northwest Sumatra –Barrier Islands | |
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Lampungic | |
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Javanese | |
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Madurese | |
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Bali–Sasak –Sumbawa | |
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Celebic | |
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South Sulawesi | |
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Oceanic | Admiralty | |
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Saint Matthias | |
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Temotu | |
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Southeast Solomonic | Gela–Guadalcanal | |
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Malaita– San Cristobal | |
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Western Oceanic | Meso– Melanesian | Willaumez | |
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Bali-Vitu | |
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New Ireland– Northwest Solomonic | Tungag–Nalik | |
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Tabar | |
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Madak | |
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St. George | |
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North New Guinea | |
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Papuan Tip | Nuclear | |
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Southern Oceanic | North Vanuatu | |
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Nuclear Southern Oceanic | Central Vanuatu | |
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Loyalties– New Caledonia | Loyalty Islands | |
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Micronesian | |
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Central Pacific | |
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Authority control databases: National | |
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