Aoheng
Penihing
Native toIndonesia
RegionEast Kalimantan
Native speakers
(2,600 cited 1981)[1]
Austronesian
Dialects
  • Seputan
Language codes
ISO 639-3pni
Glottologaohe1237

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

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)
Vowels[2]
Front Central Back
High i ʉ
Near-high ɪ ʊ
Mid e ə o
Low a

References

  1. ^ Aoheng at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b Sellato, Bernard; Soriente, Antonia (2015). "The Languages and Peoples of the Müller Mountains and the Origins of Borneo's Nomads and their Languages". Wacana. 16: 339–354.


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