| Merap | |
|---|---|
| Mbraa /Mpraa | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Langap [id], South Malinau,Malinau,North Kalimantan |
| Ethnicity | Merap |
Native speakers | (200 cited 1981)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | puc |
| Glottolog | mera1243 |
| ELP | Punan Merap |
Merap (Mbraa) is anAustronesian language, spoken in the village ofLangap [id] in South Malinau district,Malinau Regency,North Kalimantan, Indonesia.[2] Soriente (2015) classifies Mbraa (also known as Merap) as aKayan–Murik (Modang-Bahau) language.
Merap phonology has departed significantly from Proto-Malayo Polynesian. Merap stress is word-final, and word shape issesquisyllabic (a minor penultimate syllable followed by a stressed full ultima). The number of vowel contrasts has increased significantly as well. Where Proto-Malayo-Polynesian had four vowels (*i,*u,*a, and*ə) Merap has well over twenty contrasts, including diphthongs, triphthongs, and nasality distinctions.
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | pb | td | cɟ | kɡ | ʔ |
| Fricative | s | h | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
| Lateral | l | ||||
| Trill | r |
| Front | Central | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | ||||
| Close | i | u | |||
| Mid | ɛ | ə | o | ||
| Open | a | aː | |||
| Diphthongs | closing | iwɛjəwae̯ai̯ao̯au̯ojuj | |||
| centering | iə̯aə̯uə̯ | ||||
| nasalised | ĩə̯ãə̯ũə̯ | ||||
| Triphthongs | ɛjə̯ajə̯awə̯ojə̯ | ||||
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