Native to Indonesia Native speakers 150,000 (2003) Glottolog maan1238 | Region Kalimantan ISO 639-3 mhy | |
Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
East Barito
Central–South
Ma'anyan | ||
Ma'anyan or Ma'anjan or Maanyak Dayak is an Austronesian language belonging to the East Barito languages. It is spoken by about 150,000 Ma'anyan people (subgroup of Dayak people) living in the central Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is closely related to Malagasy languages spoken in Madagascar. There is high lexical similarity with other East Barito languages like Paku (77%) or Dusun Witu (75%).
Vocabulary
Vocabulary comparison between Banjarese, Ma'anyan and Malay language.
References
Ma'anyan language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA