Mahakam languages

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Mahakam
Barito-Mahakam
Geographic
distribution
East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Linguistic classification Austronesian
Glottolog bari1287

The Mahakam or Barito-Mahakam languages are a couple of closely related Dayak (Austronesian) languages of Borneo:

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