Merap language
Language
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Merap (Mbraa) is an Austronesian language, spoken in the village of Langap in South Malinau district, Malinau Regency, North Kalimantan, Indonesia.[2] Soriente (2015) classifies Mbraa (also known as Merap) as a Kayan–Murik (Modang-Bahau) language.
NativetoIndonesia
RegionLangap, South Malinau, Malinau, North Kalimantan
EthnicityMerap
Native speakers
(200 cited 1981)[1]| Merap | |
|---|---|
| Mbraa / Mpraa | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Langap, South Malinau, Malinau, North Kalimantan |
| Ethnicity | Merap |
Native speakers | (200 cited 1981)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | puc |
| Glottolog | mera1243 |
| ELP | Punan Merap |
Phonology
Merap phonology has departed significantly from Proto-Malayo Polynesian. Merap stress is word-final, and word shape is sesquisyllabic (a minor penultimate syllable followed by a stressed full ultima). The number of vowel contrasts has increased significantly as well. Where Proto-Malayo-Polynesian had four vowels (*i, *u, *a, and *ə) Merap has well over twenty contrasts, including diphthongs, triphthongs, and nasality distinctions.
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