Punan Tubu language

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Punan Tubu
Native to Indonesia
Region East Kalimantan
Native speakers
(2,000 cited 1981) [1]
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3 puj
Glottolog puna1266

Punan Tubu is one of several Punan languages of Indonesian Borneo.

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References

  1. Punan Tubu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)