Wahau Kenyah language

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Wahau Kenyah
Native to Indonesia
Region Borneo
Native speakers
9,000 (2007) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 whk
Glottolog waha1238
ELP Wahau Kenya

Wahau Kenyah is an Austronesian language of Kalimantan.

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References

  1. Wahau Kenyah at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)