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{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Kalimantan, Indonesia}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Segai
|altname=Punan Kelai
|states=[[Indonesia]]
|region=[[East Kalimantan]]
|speakers={{sigfig|32,000|1}}
|date=1981–2002
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=[[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]
|fam3=[[Greater North Borneo languages|Greater North Borneo]] ?
|fam4=[[Kayan–Murik languages|Kayanic]]
|fam5=[[Modang language|Modang]]–Segai
|dia1=Kelai
|dia2=Segah
|lc1=sge|ld1=Segai
|glotto=sega1243
|glottoname=Segai
}}

'''Segai''', also known as '''Punan Kelai''', is a [[Kayanic languages|Kayanic language]] spoken in several communities along the [[Kelai River]], [[Berau Regency]], [[East Kalimantan]], [[Indonesia]].<ref name="Smith1">{{Cite book|title=The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification|last=Smith|first=Alexander D.|publisher=University of Hawaii at Manoa|year=2017|location=Honolulu, HI|pages=77}}</ref>

==Phonology==

===Consonants===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Consonant phonemes of Punan Kelai<ref name="Smith2">{{Cite book|title=The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification|last=Smith|first=Alexander D.|publisher=University of Hawaii at Manoa|year=2017|location=Honolulu, HI|pages=78}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" |
! [[Labial consonant|Labial]]
! [[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
! [[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
! [[Velar consonant|Velar]]
! [[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
|-
! colspan="2" | [[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
| {{IPAlink|m}}
| {{IPAlink|n}}
| {{IPAlink|ɲ}}
| {{IPAlink|ŋ}}
|
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[Plosive]]
! {{small|[[voicelessness|voiceless]]}}
| {{IPAlink|p}}
| {{IPAlink|t}}
| {{IPAlink|c}}
| {{IPAlink|k}}
| {{IPAlink|ʔ}}
|-
! {{small|[[voice (phonetics)|voiced]]}}
| {{IPAlink|b}}
| {{IPAlink|d}}
| {{IPAlink|ɟ}}
| {{IPAlink|ɡ}}
|
|-
! colspan="2" | [[Fricative]]
|
| {{IPAlink|s}}
| 
| 
| {{IPAlink|h}}
|-
! colspan="2" | [[Liquid consonant|Liquid]]
|
| {{IPAlink|l}}, {{IPA link|r}}
|
| 
|
|-
! colspan="2" |[[Glide consonant|Glide]]
|{{IPA link|w}}
|
|
|
|
|}

=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Vowel phonemes of Punan Kelai<ref name="Smith2" />
!
![[Front vowel|Front]]
![[Central vowel|Central]]
![[Back vowel|Back]]
|-
![[Close vowel|Close]]
| align="center" |{{IPA link|i}}
|
|{{IPA link|u}}
|-
![[Mid vowel|Mid]]
|{{IPA link|e}}, {{IPA link|ɛ}}
|{{IPA link|ə}}
|{{IPA link|o}}
|-
![[Open vowel|Open]]
|{{IPA link|æ}}
|{{IPA link|a}}
|{{IPA link|ɒ}}
|}
Diphthongs also occur as {{IPA|[iw, ew, æw, əw]}}, {{IPA|[ao̯, ai̯, ae̯]}}, {{IPA|[uj, oj]}}.

==External links==
{{Reflist}}

{{Bornean languages}}
{{Austronesian languages}}
{{Languages of Indonesia}}

[[Category:Languages of Indonesia]]
[[Category:Kayan–Murik languages]]


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