Biatah
Native toMalaysia
RegionBorneo
EthnicityBidayuh
Native speakers
72,000 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bth
Glottologbiat1246

The Biatah language is spoken in the Malaysian state of Sarawak and the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan. It belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive/
Affricate 		voiceless p t (t͡ʃ) k ʔ
voiced b d d͡ʒ g
Fricative s h
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Trill r
Approximant w (l) j

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i ɨ u
Mid e ə o
Open a ɔ

References

  1. ^ Biatah at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Darmansyah, Durdje Durasid; Sari, Nirmala (1994). Morfologi dan sintaksis bahasa Bedayuh. Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan.
  3. ^ Topping (1993)
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