Pronunciation

Vowels

Pronounciation of vowel sounds referenced to Kelabit and Bahasa Malaysia (where available):

	Kelabit	Bahasa Malaysia	Phonetics (IPA) Chart
'	i'it, tu'uh, na'am	()	[ Ɂ ]
a	apo,akep,baka,siaq	anjing	[ ɐ ]
aa	aang	()	[ ɐ: ]
e	temabuq	bekas	[ Ә ]
ey	tungey	meja, ekor	[ Ԑ ]
i	mikat	ikan	[ i ]
ii	iih	()	[ i: ]
ai	alai	()	[ a ͥ ]
io	ngerio, mio	()	[ i o ]
	iyo	()	[ i ͦ ]
iu	bariu, keniu	()	[ i ͧ ]
o	ngalo	orang	[ ᴐ ]
oo	dooq	()	[ ᴐ: ]
u	uluh	buku	[ u ]
uu	puung	()	[ u: ]
ui	apui, muit	()	[ u ͥ ]

Consonants

Pronounciation of consonants are the same as in Bahasa Malaysia with the following additional sounds in Kelabit :

	Kelabit	Phonetics (IPA)
bp	ebpaq, ebpul, Debpur	[ b ˺ p ͪ ]
dt	edteh, edto	[ d ˺ t ͪ ]
gk	Gugkang, ngegkang, tegkang	[ g ˺ k ͪ ]
ng	ngalap, nangey, muneng	[ ŋ ]
q	ebpaq, puq ayam, luyuq	[ ʔ ]

NOTE: Lian Labang has proposed to replace the glottal, commonly represented by ( ' ) at the end of a word with q. Replacement of mid-glottal sounds (eg. laqal instead of la'al) has not been adopted in this wiki.