Nunukan Tidung

Nunukan Tidong
Southern Tidung
Native toIndonesia, Malaysia
RegionBorneo
EthnicityTidung people
Native speakers27,000 in Indonesia (2007)
Unknown number across the bay in Sabah
Language familyAustronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3itd
Glottologsout3241

Nunukan Tidong or Southern Tidung, is one of several Sabahan languages of Kalimantan, Indonesia, spoken by the Tidong people. It has lost the system of Austronesian alignment retained by Northern Tidung in Sabah, Malaysia.

Phonology

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive/
Affricate
voiceless p t k (ʔ)
voiced b d ɡ
Fricative s
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Rhotic r
Lateral l
Approximant w j
Vowels
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid ə
Low a

References

  1. ^ Tidong at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Darmansyah (1981). Struktur Bahasa Tidung. Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan.
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