Ot Danum language
# Ot Danum language

Ot Danum is a Barito language of the central Borneo, Indonesia, spoken by the Ot Danum people. Dialects include Cihie and Dohoi.

## Phonology

### Consonants

| | | Labial | Alveolar | (Alveolo-) palatal | Velar | Glottal |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nasal | Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t | t͡ɕ | k | |
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiced | b | d | d͡ʑ | g | |
| Fricative | Fricative | β | (s) | ɕ | | h |
| Rhotic | trill | | r | | | |
| Rhotic | tap | | ɾ | | | |
| Approximant | Approximant | | | j | | |

* /ɕ/ may also be heard as [s] in free variation. In word-final position, it can be approximantized as [ɕ̞].
* /ɾ/ can be heard as [l] in word-final position.
* Prenasalization is said to also occur among voiced stops /b, d, d͡ʑ, ɡ/ in word-initial and intervocalic positions as [ᵐb, ⁿd, ᶮd͡ʑ, ᵑɡ].
* Stop sounds /p, t, k/ in word-final position are heard as unreleased [p̚, t̚, k̚].
* /h/ is heard as labialized [hʷ] when occurring anywhere within the position of /u/, and heard as a fronted velar [x̟] 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:

| Phoneme | Allophone |
| - | - |
| /t/ | [t̪] |
| /d/ | [ⁿ̪d̪], [d̪] |
| /n/ | [n̪] |
| /r/ | [r̪] |
| /ɾ/ | [ɾ̪] |
| /nd/ | [n̪d̪] |
| /t͡ɕ/ | [t͡ɕ̻] |
| /d͡ʑ/ | [ᶮ̻d͡ʑ̻], [d͡ʑ̻] |
| /ɕ/ | [ɕ̻] |
| /ɲ/ | [ɲ̻] |
| /j/ | [j̟] |
| /k/ | [k̟] |
| /ɡ/ | [ᵑ̟ɡ̟], [ɡ̟] |
| /ŋ/ | [ŋ̟] |
| /h/ | [x̟] |

### Vowels

| | Front | Central | Back |
| - | - | - | - |
| Close | i | | u |
| Mid | e | | o |
| Open | | a | |

* /a/ can also be heard as [ɐ] in free variation.
* /i, u/ are heard as [ɪ, ʊ] when preceding a vowel.
