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A Benyadu', or Nyadu', speaker, recorded in Borneo.

The Nyaduʼ language, Benyaduʼ, is a Dayak language of Borneo.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal voiced m n ɲ ŋ
prestopped ᵖm ᵗn ᵏŋ
Plosive voiceless p t c k ʔ
voiced b d ɟ ɡ
Fricative s h
Trill r
Approximant w l j
  • Sounds /c, ɟ/ may also be pronounced as affricates as [cç, ɟʝ] or [tʃ, dʒ].

Vowels

Vowels are heard as /i, e, a, o, u/.[2]

References

  1. ^ Nyaduʼ at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jardine, Adam; Athanasopoulou, Angeliki; Cole, Peter (2015). Banyaduq Prestopped Nasals: Synchrony and Diachrony. Oceanic Linguistics 54, no. 2. pp. 548–78.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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