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==Phonology== |
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Kelabit is notable for having "a typologically rare series of |
Kelabit is notable for having "a typologically rare series of [[Aspirated_consonant#Voiced_stop|true voiced aspirate]]s" (that is, not [[breathy voice]]/murmured consonants) along with [[voiced consonant|modally voiced]] and [[tenuis consonant]]s but without an accompanying series of [[aspirated consonant|voiceless aspirates]].<ref>[[Robert Blust]], 1974. A double counter-universal in Kelabit. ''Papers in Linguistics'' :309-24.</ref> |
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<ref>[[Robert Blust]], 2006, "The Origin of the Kelabit Voiced Aspirates: A Historical Hypothesis Revisited", ''Oceanic Linguistics'' 45:311</ref> It is the only language known to have voiced aspirates or murmured consonants without also having voiceless aspirated consonants, a situation that has been reconstructed for [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]]. (See [[glottalic theory]].) |
<ref>[[Robert Blust]], 2006, "The Origin of the Kelabit Voiced Aspirates: A Historical Hypothesis Revisited", ''Oceanic Linguistics'' 45:311</ref> It is the only language known to have voiced aspirates or murmured consonants without also having voiceless aspirated consonants, a situation that has been reconstructed for [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]]. (See [[glottalic theory]].) |
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!Bilabial!!Dental!!Alveolar!!Velar |
!Bilabial!!Dental!!Alveolar!!Velar |
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![[Tenuis consonant|Tenuis]] |
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|b|| ||d͇||ɡ |
|b|| ||d͇||ɡ |
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![[Aspirated_consonant#Voiced_stop|Voiced with voiceless aspiration]] |
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|bʰ|| ||d͇ʰ||ɡʰ |
|bʰ|| ||d͇ʰ||ɡʰ |
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Revision as of 18:08, 12 August 2015
| Kelabit | |
|---|---|
| Region | Borneo |
Native speakers | (5,000 cited 2000–2011)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kzi |
| Glottolog | kela1258 |
Kelabit is one of the remotest languages of Borneo, on the Sarawak–Kalimantan border, and spoken by one of the smallest ethnicities in Borneo, the Kelabit people.
Phonology
Kelabit is notable for having "a typologically rare series of true voiced aspirates" (that is, not breathy voice/murmured consonants) along with modally voiced and tenuis consonants but without an accompanying series of voiceless aspirates.[2] [3] It is the only language known to have voiced aspirates or murmured consonants without also having voiceless aspirated consonants, a situation that has been reconstructed for Proto-Indo-European. (See glottalic theory.)
| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenuis | p | t̪ | k | |
| Modally voiced | b | d͇ | ɡ | |
| Voiced with voiceless aspiration | bʰ | d͇ʰ | ɡʰ |
References
- ^ Kelabit at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Robert Blust, 1974. A double counter-universal in Kelabit. Papers in Linguistics :309-24.
- ^ Robert Blust, 2006, "The Origin of the Kelabit Voiced Aspirates: A Historical Hypothesis Revisited", Oceanic Linguistics 45:311
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