Momogun language

Momogun
Momogun
Native to	Malaysia
Region	Sabah
Native speakers	90,000 (2007–2009)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian North Bornean Southwest Sabahan Dusunic Dusun Momogun; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; kqr – Kimaragang (Marigang, Sonsogon); tgb – Tobilung (Tebilung); drg – Rungus (Momogun)
Glottolog	kima1244 Kimaragang; tobi1239 Tobilung; rung1259 Rungus

Kimaragang (Marigang), Tobilung, and Rungus are varieties of a single Austronesian language of Sabah, Malaysia. The three varieties share moderate mutual intelligibility. Children are not learning it well in some areas.^[1]

Phonology

Consonants^[2]
		Labial	Alveolar	Post-alv./ Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n		ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k	ʔ
Plosive	voiced	b	d		ɡ
Affricate	voiceless		ts
Affricate	voiced		dz	dʒ
Fricative	voiceless		s			h
Fricative	voiced	v	z
Lateral			l	ɭ̆
Approximant				j

/ɭ̆/ may also be heard as [l] in word-final positions.

Vowels^[2]
	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e		o
Open		a

References

^ ^a ^b Kimaragang (Marigang, Sonsogon) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Tobilung (Tebilung) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Rungus (Momogun) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b Forschner, T. A. (1994). Hoturan di Boros Momogun (Rungus): Outline of a Momogun grammar (Rungus dialect).

External links

Kimaragang Language and Culture
Rungus Dictionary on Webonary.org - dictionary by SIL International

[e18-1] Kimaragang (Marigang, Sonsogon) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Tobilung (Tebilung) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Rungus (Momogun) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[:0-2] Forschner, T. A. (1994). Hoturan di Boros Momogun (Rungus): Outline of a Momogun grammar (Rungus dialect).

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