Tutoh language

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Tutoh
Long Wat
Leboʼ Voʼ
Native to Malaysia
Region Borneo
Native speakers
(600 cited 1981) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ttw
Glottolog long1406
ELP Lebo' Vo' Kenyah

Tutoh, also known as Long Wat, is a Kenyah language of Sarawak, Malaysia, spoken along the Tutoh River. It is spoken in the villages of Long Wat and in the Bornean city of Miri, where however most are shifting to Malay.

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

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