- Overview
- Nature and Function of Oral Literature
- Sabah Oral Literature Project
- Community Based Field Methods
- Methodology Papers
- Guide to the Varieties of Oral Literature in Borneo
- Rungus Classes of Oral Literature
- Rungus Ritual Text from the Sabah Oral Literature Project
- Rungus Metaphorical and Poetic Phrases
- A Cultural Dictionary for the Translation and Exegesis of Texts
- Rungus Varieties of Rice
- Rungus Phonemes
- Sacred Groves Among the Rungus Dusun of Northern Sabah: Relict Areas of Biodiversity
- Ethical Issues of Collecting Oral Literature
- Collection Issues and Suggestions
- Some Thoughts on the Collection of Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Discovery and Loss
- Linguistic Charts for Articulatory Phonetics
- Bibliography of Introductory Linguistics
- Codes for Recording
- Codes for Transcription and Translation
- Selected Bibliography of Oral Literature
- Bhutan Oral Literature Project
- Laura W. R. and George N. Appell Research Grants
- In Memoriam: George N. Appell
- In Memoriam: Laura W.R. Appell
- Ethical Dilemmas of Public Access
- Research Grants Awarded 2022-
- Fellowships Awarded 2008-2020
- Urgency of the Project
Rungus Vowel Phonemes
| Unrounded | Rounded | ||
| High: | i | u | |
| Low: | a | o | |
| The phoneme /i/ has two allophones: [i] when standing alone, at the beginning of a word or at the end of a word. The allophone [I] appears in the middle of a word. | |||
| Semivowels: | |||
| y, w | |||
| Note: Vowel length is used to indicate a merging of two vowels with a glottal stop in between. | |||
| /r¯i tan/ vowel /i/ is long; for ra’it when an /-an/ is added to change focus. | |||
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