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Iban phrasebook
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Iban is a tribal language of western Borneo, spoken in Malaysia's state of Sarawak, the Indonesian state of West Kalimantan, and Brunei. There are many dialects; this phrasebook uses the Kuching dialect. [edit] Pronunciation guide[edit] Vowels[edit] Consonants[edit] Common diphthongs[edit] grammarBasic Iban grammar is easy to study. Some of the grammar is closely related to Malay grammar. Word order is verb-object-subject.
Adjectives are placed after the verb
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