Idaʼan language
| Ida’an | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Malaysia |
| Region | Lahad Datu, Kinabatangan, and Sandakan districts of Sabah |
Native speakers | 10,000 (2013)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dbj |
| Glottolog | idaa1241 |
The Ida'an (also Idahan) language is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Ida'an people of Sabah, Malaysia.
Begak dialect is threatened with extinction, as younger speakers are switching to Malay.
Phonology
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | ə | o |
| Low | a |
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | Voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| Voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Affricate | Voiceless | tʃ | ||||
| Voiced | dʒ | |||||
| Fricative | s | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Semivowel | w | j | ||||
References
- ^ Ida’an at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Goudswaard, Nelleke Elisabeth (2005). The Begak (Ida'an) Language of Sabah. Utrecht Institute of Linguistics / LOT Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistic. ISBN 90-76864-73-X.