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North Sarawakan languages

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Glottolog:
  
nort3171

Geographic distribution:
  
Northern Sarawak, Borneo

Linguistic classification:
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian North Bornean North Sarawakan

Subdivisions:
  
Kenyah Dayic Berawan – Lower Baram Bintulu ? Punan Tubu

The North Sarawakan languages are a group of Austronesian languages spoken in the northeastern part of the province of Sarawak, Borneo, and proposed in Blust (1991, 2010).

North Sarawakan languages
  • Kenyah
  • Dayic languages (Apo Duat)
  • Berawan – Lower Baram
  • Bintulu

    • Ethnologue 16 adds Punan Tubu as an additional branch, and notes that Bintulu might be closest to Baram. The Melanau–Kajang languages were removed in Blust 2010.

    References

    North Sarawakan languages Wikipedia
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