| Jakun | |
|---|---|
| Orang Hulu | |
| Native to | Malaysia |
| Region | Johor,Pahang |
| Ethnicity | 25,000 (2008)[1] |
| Unwritten | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | jak |
| Glottolog | jaku1244 |
| ELP | Jakun |
Jakun is anAustronesian language, perhaps a dialect ofMalay, spoken inMalaysia. Specifically it is spoken on the east coast and inland of Peninsular Malaysia, around the Pairang River, fromPekan inPahang to Sri Gading, east to Benut, northwest to middleMuar River area around the districts ofSegamat,Muar andTangkak in Johor. It is also known as Djakun, Jakoon, Jaku’d, Jakud’n or Orang Hulu.[2]
The language is native to theJakun tribe belonging to theProto-Malay branch of the indigenous natives of Malaysia, theOrang Asli.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Close-mid | e | ə | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Open | a | ||
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t | tʃ | k | ʔ |
| voiced | b | d | dʒ | ɡ | ||
| Fricative | s | h | ||||
| Rhotic | r | |||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
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