Used to describe the languages of Borneo apart from the Languages of Chinese, Indian or European origin. Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located at the centre of Maritime Southeast Asia. Most languages on Borneo seem to be in branches of the Austronesian family
Classification
In Detail
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 in central Sumatra, Acehnese in Aceh, Cham in Vietnam and Moken in Thailand and Burma)
- Malay (Malaysian/Indonesian)
- Local Malay languages such as Banjarese and Sabah Malay
- Iban of northern Borneo
- Malay (Malaysian/Indonesian)
There are a large number of small clusters of languages in the Borneo-Philippines family whose interrelationship remains uncertain. The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 351 million speakers The Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages are a branch of the Austronesian family that are thought to have dispersed from a possible homeland in Sulawesi. The Sunda-Sulawesi languages (or Inner Hesperonesian or Inner Western Malayo-Polynesian languages) are a branch of the Austronesian family posited The Sunda-Sulawesi languages (or Inner Hesperonesian or Inner Western Malayo-Polynesian languages) are a branch of the Austronesian family posited The Malayic languages are a branch of the Sunda-Sulawesi languages of the Austronesian family. The Minangkabau language ( autonym: Baso Minang(kabau; Indonesian: Bahasa Minangkabau) is an Austronesian language, spoken by Acehnese (also Achinese, Achehnese) or Aceh (formerly Atjeh) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Aceh, See also Sultanate of Aceh Aceh (ʔaˈtɕɛh generally anglicized as ˈɑːtʃeɪ is a special territory ( daerah istimewa) of Indonesia Cham is the language of the Cham people of Southeast Asia, and formerly the language of the kingdom of Champa in central Vietnam Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially The Moken (Thaiชาวน้ำ also spelled Mawken or Morgan) are an Austronesian Ethnic group with about 2000 to 3000 members who maintain The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar ( pjìdàunzṵ mjàmmà nàinŋàndɔ̀ is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia. The Malay language ( ISO 639-1 code MS is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people and people of other ethnic groups who reside in the The Iban language is spoken in Kalimantan (the Indonesian part of Borneo) and the Sarawak state region of Malaysia by the Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located at the centre of Maritime Southeast Asia. The languages of this group present on Borneo are thus:
- Barito languages (12 languages of south Borneo and Madagascar, including Ngaju Dayak and Malagasy)
- Kayan languages (18 languages of central Borneo, including Kayan)
- Penan (Punan-Nibong)
- Land Dayak (Bidayuh) (12 languages of west Borneo, such as Lara’)
- Melanau-Kajang languages
- Kajang (Rejang) (3)
- Melanau (Lower Rejang) (3)
- Berawan-Lower Baram (Baram-Tinjar) (5)
- Bintulu
- Dayic languages (languages of Sabah-Sarawak-Kalimantan border area)
- Kelabitic (Apo Duat) (5 languages, including Kelabit)
- Murutic (Murut-Tidong) (12 languages, including Tagol Murut, Tidong)
- Kenyah (11 languages of central Borneo called Kenyah
- Rejang-Sajau languages (5 languages, including Punan Bah-Biau)
- Sabahan languages (languages of Sabah)
External links
- Family tree on the www.ethnologue.com site
- Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database
- Borneo Languages at the KITLV, Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies. Ngaju is an Austronesian language spoken along the Kapuas Kahayan Katingan and Mentaya Rivers in south Borneo Indonesia. This article is about the Malagasy language For the Malagasy ethnic group see Malagasy people. The Penan are a Nomadic Aboriginal people living in Sarawak and Brunei. Location Predominantly Bidayuh areas are Lundu, Bau, Penrissen Padawan, and Serian. Rara (also called Bakati, Land Dajak II Berkati, Lara’, and Luru) is a language spoken by some 12000 people in Borneo. Melanau is an Austronesian language spoken in the coastal area of the Rejang delta on northwest Borneo Sarawak, Malaysia and Brunei. The Kelabit, who have close ties to the Lun Bawang, are an indigenous people of the Sarawak highlands with a minority in the neighbouring state of Brunei The Murutic languages are a family of 15 closely related Austronesian languages and 21 dialects spoken in the northern inland regions of Borneo by the Murut The Tagol Murut language is spoken by the Tagol (lowland subgroup of the Murut people, and serves as the Lingua franca of the whole group The Tidong are an Ethnic group of Borneo, residing primarily in the Bulungan Regency, in the province of East Kalimantan, Indonesia Relation to the "other" Punans Are all Punan related tribes/ethnic? There is this popular misunderstanding that all the so called Punan on the island of Sabah is a Malaysian state located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo. Kadazan-Dusun is the term assigned to the unification of the classification of two indigenous tribes in Sabah, Malaysia &mdashthe ethnic groups Kadazan The Minokok are an indigenous Ethnic group residing in Sabah, eastern Malaysia on the island of Borneo. The Lotud are an indigenous Ethnic group residing in Sabah, eastern Malaysia on the island of Borneo. The Rungus are an Ethnic group of Borneo, residing primarily in northern Sabah in the area surrounding Kudat. The Ida'an (also Idahan) language is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Ida'an people of Sabah, Malaysia. The Tambanuo are an indigenous Ethnic group residing in Sabah, eastern Malaysia on the island of Borneo. The Rumanau are an indigenous Ethnic group residing in Sabah, eastern Malaysia on the island of Borneo.
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