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Native to Indonesia

Region Borneo

Ethnicity Punan

Native speakers 15,000 (2007)

Language family Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian
- Basap–Barito
  - Basap

ISO 639-3 bdb

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Basap language

Austronesian language spoken in Kalimantan, Indonesia

Basap is an Austronesian language spoken in Borneo, Indonesia.

Within Kalimantan Timur and Kalimantan Utara provinces, Basap speakers are scattered across Berau, Bulungan, Kutai Kartanegara, Penajam Paser Utara, and Kutai Timur regencies. Dialects are Jembayan, Bulungan, Berau, Dumaring, Binatang, and Karangan (Ethnologue).

Smith (2018) considers Basap to have formed part of an ancient linkage of early forms of Barito languages in eastern Kalimantan.

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Phonology

Consonants²

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p b	t d	tʃ dʒ	k g	ʔ
Fricative		s			h
Nasal	m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Approximant	w	l	j

Vowels³

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e	ə	o
Low		a

References

Smith, Alexander D. 2018. The Barito Linkage Hypothesis, with a Note on the Position of Basap. JSEALS Volume 11.1 (2018). http://hdl.handle.net/10524/52418 ↩
Ibrahim, Sjahrial S.A.R.; Effendi, Rustam; Lambut, M.P. (1991). Struktur Bahasa Bosap (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan. ↩
Ibrahim, Sjahrial S.A.R.; Effendi, Rustam; Lambut, M.P. (1991). Struktur Bahasa Bosap (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan. ↩