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Used to describe the languages of [[Borneo]] apart from the Languages of Chinese, Indian or European origin. Most languages on Borneo seem to be in branches of the [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian family]]
== Classification ==
*[[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]]
**[[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]] (MP)
***[[Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages|Nuclear MP]]
****[[Sunda-Sulawesi languages]]
****[[Borneo-Philippines languages]]
'''In Detail'''
'''[[Sunda-Sulawesi languages]]'''
Among many other languages of Sulawesi, Java, Sumatra, Maduras and Guam this group is present on Borneo with this branch:
*[[Malayic languages]] (25 languages dispersed from central Sumatra, including [[Minangkabau language|Minangkabau]] in central Sumatra, [[Achinese language|Acehnese]] in [[Aceh]], [[Cham language|Cham]] in [[Vietnam]] and [[Moken]] in [[Thailand]] and [[Burma]])
**[[Malay language|Malay]] (Malaysian/Indonesian)
***[[Local Malay languages]] such as [[Banjarese]] and [[Sabah Malay]]
**[[Iban language|Iban]] of northern [[Borneo]]
'''[[Borneo-Philippines languages]]'''
There are a large number of small clusters of languages in the Borneo-Philippines family whose interrelationship remains uncertain.
The languages of this group present on Borneo are thus:
*[[Barito languages]] (12 languages of south Borneo and Madagascar, including [[Ngaju language|Ngaju Dayak]] and [[Malagasy language|Malagasy]])
*[[Kayan languages]] (18 languages of central Borneo, including [[Kayan language|Kayan]])
*''[[Penan|Penan (Punan-Nibong)]]''
*[[Bidayuh|Land Dayak (Bidayuh)]] (12 languages of west Borneo, such as [[Lara language|Lara’]])
*[[Melanau-Kajang languages]]
**[[Kajang languages|Kajang (Rejang)]] (3)
**[[Melanau language|Melanau (Lower Rejang)]] (3)
*[[Berawan-Lower Baram languages|Berawan-Lower Baram (Baram-Tinjar)]] (5)
*''[[Bintulu language|Bintulu]]''
*[[Dayic languages]] (languages of Sabah-Sarawak-Kalimantan border area)
**[[Kelabitic languages|Kelabitic (Apo Duat)]] (5 languages, including [[Kelabit]])
**[[Murutic languages|Murutic (Murut-Tidong)]] (12 languages, including [[Tagol Murut language|Tagol Murut]], [[Tidong]])
*[[Kenyah languages|Kenyah]] (11 languages of central Borneo called [[Kenyah language|Kenyah]]
*[[Rejang-Sajau languages]] (5 languages, including [[Punan|Punan Bah-Biau]])
*[[Sabahan languages]] (languages of [[Sabah]])
**[[Dusunic languages|Dusunic (Dusun-Bisaya)]] (15 languages, including [[Kadazan-Dusun]], [[Minokok]], [[Lotud]], [[Rungus]]?)
**''[[Ida'an language|Ida’an]]''
**[[Paitanic languages|Paitanic]] (5 languages, including [[Tambanuo]], [[Rumanau]])
== External links ==
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_family.asp?subid=840 Family tree] on the [http://www.ethnologue.com www.ethnologue.com] site
* [http://language.psy.auckland.ac.nz/austronesian/ Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database]
* [http://www.kitlv.nl/thesaurus/00001573.htm Borneo Languages] at the KITLV, Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies.
[[Category:Malayo-Polynesian languages]]