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East Barito languages

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Glottolog:
  
east2713

Geographic distribution:
  
south Borneo, Madagascar

Linguistic classification:
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (Barito) East Barito

The East Barito languages are a group of a dozen Dayak (Austronesian) languages of Borneo, and most famously Malagasy, the national language of Madagascar. They are named after the Barito River.

The languages are,

  • Central–South
  • Dusun Deyah
  • South: Dusun Malang, Dusun Witu, Ma'anyan, Paku
  • Malagasy (incl. Bushi on Mayotte)
  • North: Lawangan, Tawoyan

    • Several of the languages are named 'Dusun' because they are spoken by the Dusun people; they are not to be confused with the Dusunic languages, which are also spoken by the Dusun but belong to a different branch of Malayo-Polynesian.

    References

    East Barito languages Wikipedia
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