Dusun Malang language

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Malang
Dusun Malang
Native to Indonesia
Region Kalimantan
Native speakers
4,500 (2003) [1]
Dialects
  • Bayan
  • Dusun Malang
Language codes
ISO 639-3 duq
Glottolog dusu1269

Dusun Malang, or Malang, is a language spoken by the Dusun people of Borneo. It is closely related to the Malagasy language.

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References

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