Bamayo language

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Malayic Dayak
Delang–Kayong–Banana’
Native to Indonesia
Region Borneo
Native speakers
(520,000 cited 1981) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 xdy
Glottolog mala1480

Malayic Dayak or Dayak Kemelayuan is a dialect of Melayik spoken in West Kalimantan (parts of North Kayong, parts of Ketapang, parts of Kapuas Hulu, parts of Melawi) and the western part of Central Kalimantan (parts of Lamandau Regency, parts of Sukamara, parts of West Kotawaringin, parts of Seruyan, parts of East Kotawaringin).

Wurm and Hattori (1981) list these dialects as Delang (200,000 speakers), Kayong (100,000 speakers), Banana’ (100,000 speakers), Bamayo, Tapitn (300 speakers), Mentebah-Suruk (20,000 speakers), Semitau (10,000 speakers), and Suhaid (10,000 speakers), and additionally Arut (Sukarame), Lamandau (Landau Kantu), Sukamara (Kerta Mulya), Riam (Nibung Terjung), Belantikan (Sungkup), Tamuan, Tomun, Pangin, Sekakai, and Silat.

See also

References

  1. Malayic Dayak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)