Brunei Bisaya language

Bisaya
Tutong 1
Collection of words in English and translation in Ida'an, Bisaya (Borneo) and Adang Murut (Lun Bawang) in 1860 by Spencer St.John
RegionBrunei, Sarawak
Native speakers
60,000 (2007)
Language codes
ISO 639-3bsb
Glottologbrun1245

Bisaya, also known as Southern Bisaya, Brunei Bisaya, Brunei Dusun or Tutong 1, is a Sabahan language spoken in Brunei and Sarawak, Malaysia.

Phonology

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid (e) (ə) ɤ ~ o
Open a

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive/
Affricate		 voiceless p t tʃ k ʔ
voiced b d dʒ ɡ
prenasal vl. ᵐp ⁿt
prenasal vd. ᵐb ⁿd
Fricative s ɣ (h)
Rhotic (r)
Approximant w l j

References

  1. ↑ Bisaya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Alas, Yabit (1994). The reconstruction of pre-Dusun and the classification of its descendants. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
  3. ↑ Jamil, Hussain; Newman, John (1987). Limbang Bisaya: Society and Language. Sarawak Museum Journal 36(58). pp. 75–89.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)