Lahanan language

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Lahanan
Native to Malaysia
Region Sarawak
Native speakers
(350 cited 1981) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 lhn
Glottolog laha1253

Lahanan (Lanun) is a Kajang language of Sarawak, Malaysia.

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


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