Malayic Dayak languages

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Malayic Dayak
Delang–Kayong–Banana’
Native to Indonesia
Region West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan
Native speakers
(520,000 cited 1981) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 xdy
Glottolog mala1480

Malayic Dayak (Dayak Kemelayuan) is a dialect chain of Malayic spoken in West Kalimantan (North Kayong, Ketapang, Kapuas Hulu, Melawi) and the western part of Central Kalimantan (Lamandau, Sukamara, West Kotawaringin, Seruyan, East Kotawaringin).

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Wurm and Hattori (1981) list these dialects as Delang (200,000 speakers), Kayong (100,000 speakers), Banana’ (100,000 speakers), Bamayo, Tapitn (300 speakers), Mentebah-Suruk (20,000 speakers), Semitau (10,000 speakers), Suhaid (10,000 speakers), and additionally Arut, Lamandau, Sukamara, Riam (Nibung Terjung), Belantikan (Sungkup), Tamuan, Tomun, Pangin, Sekakai, and Silat. These dialects should not be confused with the Ibanic branch or other Malayic languages spoken by Dayaks.

Languages

Some of the Malayic Dayak languages that have been successfully identified and classified include:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Malayic Dayak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 3 Tania, Lusia; Rianti, Lisa; Patriantoro; Seli, Sesilia; Priyadi, Totok; Saman, Sisilya (2024). "Variasi Leksikal Dalam Bahasa Dayak di Kabupaten Ketapang" . Jurnal Kajian Pembelajaran Dan Keilmuan (in Indonesian). 8 (2). Pontianak: Tanjungpura University: 199–206. doi: 10.26418/jurnalkpk.v8i2.71129 . ISSN   2621-0533.


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