Biatah language

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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.

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

Consonants

  • [t͡ʃ] and [l] are heard in other dialects.

Vowels

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  • /i, u, e, o/ can have allophones of [ɪ, ʊ, ɛ, ɔ].[2][3]

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