Punan languages
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The Punan languages or Rejang-Sajau languages are a group of mutually intelligible isolects spoken by the Punan and related peoples of Borneo in Indonesia and Malaysia.[1]
Classification
Smith (2017) classifies Punan dialects as follows:
- Sru (Seru) †
- Punan Tubu-Bah
- Punan Tubu, Punan Bah, Sajau, Latti
- Punan
- Beketan (Bukitan), Punan Lisum, Punan Aput, Ukit, Buket (Bukat)
Austroasiatic influence
Kaufman (2018) notes that some Proto-Punan words (Smith 2017) are of likely Austroasiatic origin, including the following.[2]
- *-iap ‘count’
- *hen ‘3.Template:Sc pronoun’
- *buhak ‘white’
- *obet ‘animal trap (general)’
References
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