Aoheng language

Aoheng, or Penihing, is a Kayan language of East Kalimantan, Indonesia, one of several spoken by the Penan people.

Aoheng
Penihing
Native to	Indonesia
Region	East Kalimantan
Native speakers	(2,600 cited 1981)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Kayan–Murik Muller-Schwaner 'Punan' Aoheng
Dialects	Seputan
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pni
Glottolog	aohe1237

Phonology

Consonants^[2]

	Labial	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p b	t d		tʃ (dʒ)	k (g)	ʔ
Fricative		s				h
Nasal	m	n		ɲ	ŋ
Flap		ɾ	ɽ
Approximant	(w)	l		(j)

• The consonants /dʒ g j w/ only occur in loanwords.
• /b/ can be heard as /β/ word-initially and intervocalically.

Vowels^[2]

	Front	Central	Back
High	i	ʉ
Near-high	ɪ		ʊ
Mid	e	ə	o
Low		a

• /ə/ may be pronounced as [ø] or [ɔ].