| Biatah | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Malaysia |
| Region | Borneo |
| Ethnicity | Bidayuh |
Native speakers | (72,000 cited 2000)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bth |
| Glottolog | biat1246 |
TheBiatah language is spoken in theMalaysian state ofSarawak and theIndonesian province ofWest Kalimantan. It belongs to theMalayo-Polynesian branch of theAustronesian language family.
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t | (t͡ʃ) | k | ʔ |
| voiced | b | d | d͡ʒ | g | ||
| Fricative | s | h | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Approximant | w | (l) | j | |||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Mid | e | ə | o |
| Open | a | ɔ |