Dayak languages 4906441 191017215 2008-02-12T23:33:44Z T.woelk 277415 /* Classification */ added Punan 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]]