North Sarawakan languages
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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.
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Classification
Smith (2017)[1] classifies the North Sarawakan languages as follows.
- Bintulu
- Berawan–Lower Baram
- Berawan (various dialects)
- Lower Baram (Miri, Kiput, Narum, Belait, Lelak, Lemeting, Dali’)
- Dayic
- Kelabit (Bario, Pa’ Dalih, Tring, Sa’ban, Long Seridan, Long Napir)
- Lun Dayeh (Long Bawan, Long Semadoh)
- Kenyah
- Highland (Lepo’ Gah, Lepo’ Tau, Lepo’ Sawa, Lepo’, Lepo’ Laang, Badeng, Lepo’ Jalan, Uma’ Baha, Uma’ Bem, Òma Lóngh)
- Lowland
- Eastern Lowland (Uma’ Pawe, Uma’ Timai, Lebo’ Kulit)
- Western Lowland (Lebo’Vo’, Sebop, Penan (eastern and western varieties))
Footnotes
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- ↑ Smith, Alexander. 2017. The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification. PhD Dissertation: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
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References
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- K. Alexander Adelaar and Nikolaus Himmelmann, The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar. Routledge, 2005.
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