Daro-Matu language

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Daro-Matu
Native to Malaysia
Region Sarawak
Ethnicity Melanau people
Native speakers
(7,600 cited 1981) [1]
Dialects
  • Daro
  • Matu
Language codes
ISO 639-3 dro
Glottolog daro1239

Daro and Matu are dialects of an Austronesian language spoken in Sarawak, Borneo.

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References

  1. Daro-Matu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)