Mainstream Kenyah language

Updated on Dec 20, 2023

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Native to Indonesia, Malaysia Ethnicity Kenyah ISO 639-3 xkl		Region Borneo Native speakers 50,000 (2007–2013)
Language family Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian North Bornean North Sarawakan Kenyah languages Kenyah

Mainstream Kenyah a.k.a. Bakung is a Kayan language dialect cluster of East Kalimantan and Sarawak. Dialects fall into four clusters:

Lepo’ Tau, Lepo’ Bem, Uma’ Jalan, Uma’ Tukung

Lepo’ Ke, Lepo’ Kuda

Lepo’ Maut, Lepo’ Ndang, Badeng (Madang)

Bakung, Lepo’ Tepu’ (Lepo Teppu’).

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