INVENTORY OF KENYAH LEPO TAU SEGMENTAL SOUNDS

• Main Author: Yuni Utami Asih
• Format: Article
• Language: Arabic
• Published: Center of Language Development, Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Madura 2017-05-01
• Series: Okara: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra
• Subjects: kenyah; segmental sounds
• Online Access: http://ejournal.iainmadura.ac.id/index.php/okara/article/view/1233

<p><em>Studies on the phonological description of Kenyah language are very limited. Initiated by Lees</em><em>, she found</em><em> 24 phonemes of Lepo Tau, one of Kenyah language branches are briefly explained</em><em> </em><em>on her article. Listing 18 consonants and 6 vowels, this article provides a preliminary analysis of the sound system of Lepo Tau. To a certain extent, Rufinus similarly states the same number of phonemes of the language. A study by Soriente</em><em> in 2003</em><em> provides some more descriptions of the phonology of Kenyah language. It states that Lepo</em><em> </em><em>Tau language has 23 phonemes,</em><em> </em><em>17</em><em> </em><em>consonants and 6 vowels.</em><em> </em><em>Some</em><em> </em><em>of</em><em> </em><em>the result register 18 underlying forms of consonants in KLT which are phonetically realized into 23 representations of consonant. List of vowel shows</em><em> </em><em>8</em><em> </em><em>representations generated from</em><em> </em><em>5</em><em> </em><em>underlying</em><em> </em><em>forms of vowel. The descriptions</em><em> </em><em>of</em><em> </em><em>their representation include the nature of their 13 distinctive features. </em><em></em></p>