Bukat language

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Bukat
Native to Indonesia
Region West Kalimantan
Native speakers
(400 cited 1981) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bvk
Glottolog buka1261

Bukat is a language of West Kalimantan, Indonesia, one of several spoken by the Penan people.

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References

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