Sajau Basap language

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Sajau
Sajau Basap, Sajau-Latti
Native to Indonesia
Region Borneo
Native speakers
(6,000 cited 1981) [1]
Dialects
  • Punan Sajau
  • Punan Basap
  • Punan Batu
  • Latti
Language codes
ISO 639-3 sjb
Glottolog saja1241

Sajau, Sajau Basap, or Sajau-Latti is an Austronesian language spoken by the Punan Sajau and Punan Basap people of Borneo in Indonesia.

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References

  1. Sajau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)