Kiput language

Kiput is a Malayo-Polynesian language primarily spoken by the Kiput people in northern Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia.

Kiput
Native to	Malaysia
Region	Northern Sarawak, Borneo
Native speakers	(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
ELP	Kiput
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Phonology

While the Northern Sarawakan languages in general are known for unusual phonological developments,^{[example needed]} Kiput stands out from the rest.^[2][how?]

Vowels

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

Consonants

Kiput consonants

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