Pronunciation

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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 [ 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 [ ]
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 ?

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.