Bookan language

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Bookan
Baukan Murut
Native to Malaysia
Region Borneo
Ethnicity2,400 (2017) [1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bnb
Glottolog book1241

Bookan, or Baukan Murut, is a moribund language of the Murut people of Sabah, Malaysia.

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References

  1. Bookan language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg