Oleh: Muhammad Dhofir*
PHONETICS
The
example sentence: Engko’ entarah
kon embuk
- mid front spread: “e”
on the words:
Engkok : I
Engak : remember
Elang :
loss
- mid back round: “e”
on the words:
Entarah : go
Enjek : no
Ellem : want
Embuk : mother
The
example sentence: Aba mole derih roma setiah
- Low front spread: “a”
on the words:
Aba : father
Abek : myself
Abit : long time
- Bilabial sound: “m”
on the words:
Mole :
go home
Mode :
ceap
Mongker :
lie
- Stop
voiced
alveolar: “d” on the words:
Derih : from
Dekki : later
Demmah : where
- Nasal
alveolar: “r” on the words:
Roma : house
Rogi : lost
out
Roah : that
- Middle
back neutral: “s” on the words:
Setiah : now
Sedeh : pass
away
Seppi : quite
