Ot Danum is a
Barito language of the central
Borneo
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, spoken by the
Ot Danum people. Dialects include ''Cihie'' and ''Dohoi''.
[Bamba, John (ed.) (2008). ''Mozaik Dayak keberagaman subsuku dan bahasa Dayak di Kalimantan Barat''. ]Pontianak
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: Institut Dayakologi. .
Phonology
Consonants
* /ɕ/ may also be heard as
in free variation. In word-final position, it can be approximantized as
�̞
* /ɾ/ can be heard as
in word-final position.
* Prenasalization is said to also occur among voiced stops /b, d, d͡ʑ, ɡ/ in word-initial and intervocalic positions as
��b, ⁿd, ᶮd͡ʑ, ᵑɡ
* Stop sounds /p, t, k/ in word-final position are heard as unreleased
̚, t̚, k̚
* /h/ is heard as labialized
ʷwhen occurring anywhere within the position of /u/, and heard as a fronted velar
̟when occurring in the position of /i/.
Consonant fronting
Consonant fronting as well as laminalizing occurs among the following consonants when anywhere within the position of /i/. The allophones are heard as following:
Vowels
* /a/ can also be heard as
�in free variation.
* /i, u/ are heard as
�, ʊwhen preceding a vowel.
References
West Barito languages
Languages of Indonesia
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