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Kenyah languages information


Kenyah
Geographic
distribution
Borneo
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • North Bornean
      • North Sarawakan
        • Kenyah
Glottologkaya1332  (partial match)

The Kenyah languages are a group of half a dozen or so closely related languages spoken by the Kenyah peoples of Borneo. They are:

Kenyah proper (a dialect cluster, incl. Madang), Sebob, Tutoh (Long Wat), Wahau Kenyah, Uma’ Lung / Uma’ Lasan.

Ethnologue says that the Punan–Nibong languages are related to Uma’ Lasan, Glottolog that they are outside the Kenyah languages.

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Kenyah languages

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The Kenyah languages are a group of half a dozen or so closely related languages spoken by the Kenyah peoples of Borneo. They are: Kenyah proper (a dialect...

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Mainstream Kenyah language

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Mainstream Kenyah, also known as Usun Apau and Bakung, is a Kenyah dialect cluster of North Kalimantan, Indonesia, and Sarawak, Malaysia. Dialects fall...

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Kenyah people

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century to the early 1980s. The Kenyah languages are a small family of Austronesian languages. Their language is called Kenyah. Leleng-Leleng Leleng Ake' Mimbin...

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Wahau Kenyah language

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Wahau Kenyah is an Austronesian language of Kalimantan. Wahau Kenyah at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) v t e...

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Tutoh language

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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...

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Spurious languages

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Spurious languages are languages that have been reported as existing in reputable works, while other research has reported that the language in question...

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Penan language

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known as Punan-Nibong, is a language complex spoken by the Penan people of Borneo. They are related to the Kenyah languages. Glottolog shows Western Penan...

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Sebop language

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Sebob (Sebop, Cebop) is a Kenyah language of Sarawak. Sebop at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Kaipuleohone has archived recordings...

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North Sarawakan languages

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Borneo, and proposed in Blust (1991, 2010). North Sarawakan languages Kenyah Dayic languages (Apo Duat) Berawan–Lower Baram Bintulu Ethnologue 16 adds Punan...

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Austroasiatic languages

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of the family's languages are spoken by minority groups and have no official status. Ethnologue identifies 168 Austroasiatic languages. These form thirteen...

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East Kalimantan

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Bahau, Modang Lundayeh and more others. However, Kutai, Paser, and Kenyah languages are considered under the threat of extinction. According to the 2021...

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Apo Kayan people

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still retain their family genealogy. The Kenyah Dayak people comprises 24 smaller sub-ethnics:- Kenyah Kenyah Bauh Lepo Payah Uma Klap Nyibun Saban Lepo...

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Grammatical number

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languages have also been claimed to have quadral pronouns. Robert Blust and others have said they exist in some of the Austronesian Kenyah languages,...

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Bible translations into the languages of Indonesia and Malaysia

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the national languages of Indonesia and Malaysia today, portions of the Bible have been translated into a variety of indigenous languages in the region...

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Radio Televisyen Malaysia

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four language networks: the main Malay language network, the Blue network for Bidayuh language, the Green network for Iban and Kayan/Kenyah languages and...

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Greater North Borneo languages

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Proto-Land Dayak, and Proto-Kenyah have also been reconstructed in Smith (2017a). According to Roger Blench (2010), Austroasiatic languages were once spoken in...

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Languages of Indonesia

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additional languages, heritage languages, languages in the religious domain, English as a lingua franca, and sign languages. The official language of Indonesia...

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Languages of Malaysia

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numbers, each with its own languages. The largest native languages spoken in East Malaysia are the Iban, Dusunic, and Kadazan languages. English is widely understood...

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Bisayan languages

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The Bisayan languages or Visayan languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages spoken in the Philippines. They are most closely related to Tagalog...

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Tagalog language

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official languages, alongside English. Tagalog is closely related to other Philippine languages, such as the Bikol languages, the Bisayan languages, Ilocano...

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Austronesian languages

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official Austronesian languages). By the number of languages they include, Austronesian and Niger–Congo are the two largest language families in the world...

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Malay language

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various other Malayic languages. According to Ethnologue 16, several of the Malayic varieties they currently list as separate languages, including the Orang...

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Long Busang

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The majority of the villagers speak Kenyah Badeng. Other widely spoken languages include Kenyah Bakung, Kenyah Lepo' Tau, Iban, Indonesia, and Malay...

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Njav language

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Franjieh, Michael; Schnell, Stefan (eds.), The Languages of Vanuatu: Unity and Diversity, Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia, Canberra: Asia Pacific...

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Indonesian language

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of the most widely spoken languages in the world. Indonesian vocabulary has been influenced by various regional languages such as Javanese, Sundanese...

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Sabahan languages

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The Sabahan languages are a group of Austronesian languages centered on the Bornean province of Sabah. The constituents are separated into two families...

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New Caledonian languages

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Caledonian languages also known as Kanak languages form a branch of the Southern Oceanic languages. Their speakers are known as Kanaks. One language is extinct...

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Languages of Kalimantan

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language is spoken as an immigrant language. According to Ethnologue, the languages belong to five families: Languages of Kalimantan in Ethnologue First...

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