Eastern Kadazan language

Eastern Kadazan, also known as Labuk Kadazan, Kinabatangan Kadazan, or Sungai, is an Austronesian language primarily spoken in Sabah, Malaysia.

Eastern Kadazan
Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan
Native to	Malaysia
Region	Sabah
Native speakers	20,600 (2000)[1] (only 5% of children learn it)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian North Bornean Southwest Sabahan Dusunic Dusun Eastern Kadazan
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dtb
Glottolog	labu1249

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n		ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k	(ʔ)
	voiced	b	d	dʒ ~ ʒ	ɡ
Fricative		β	s
Approximant		w	l, ɫ	j
Rhotic			r

/dʒ/ may also range to a fricative [ʒ] among speakers.

The glottal stop /ʔ/ only appears in a few words.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid		ə ~ o
Open		a

/ə/ may also range to [o].^[2]