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Land Dayak languages

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Ethnicity:
  
Bidayuh

ISO 639-2 / 5:
  
day

Geographic distribution:
  
Borneo, Sumatra

Glottolog:
  
land1261

Linguistic classification:
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (Bornean) Land Dayak

Subdivisions:
  
Bekati’ Bidayuh Southern

The Land Dayak languages are a group of dozen or so languages spoken by the Bidayuh Land Dayaks of Borneo, with a single language in Sumatra.

Languages

Glottolog classifies the languages as follows:

  • Bekati’: Bekati’ (Bekatiq), Sara, Lara’ (Rara)
  • Bidayuh
  • Bukar Sadong, Rejang (in Sumatra)
  • Biatah–Tringgus, Jagoi (Bau)
  • Southern: Djongkang, Kembayan, Semandang, Ribun
  • Benyadu’
  • Sanggau

    • References

    Land Dayak languages Wikipedia
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