Segai language

Segai, also known as Punan Kelai, is a Kayanic language spoken in several communities along the Kelai River, Berau Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.[4]

Segai
Punan Kelai
Native toIndonesia
RegionEast Kalimantan
Native speakers
(30,000 cited 1981–2002)[1]
Dialects
  • Kelai
  • Segah
  • Bolongan
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
sge – Segai
blj – Bolongan
Glottologsega1243  Segai[2]
bolo1268  Bolongan[3]

Phonology

Consonants
Consonant phonemes of Punan Kelai[5]
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive voiceless p t c k ʔ
voiced b d ɟ ɡ
Fricative s h
Approximant l
gollark: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
gollark: What if we define `n` to only work on functions which do not call `n`, to be annoying?
gollark: Note: `Control.HaltingOracle` does not actually exist yet.
gollark: ```haskellimport Control.HaltingOraclemain :: IO ()main = program <- getLine print (willHalt program)```
gollark: It's like a t__y__pe*c*las**s**.
  1. Segai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Bolongan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Segai". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bolongan". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. Smith, Alexander D. (2017). The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii at Manoa. p. 77.
  5. Smith, Alexander D. (2017). The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii at Manoa. p. 78.


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