Ma'anyan or Ma'anjan or Maanyak Dayak is an
Austronesian
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*The historical Austronesian peoples
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language belonging to the
East Barito languages. It is spoken by about 150,000
Ma'anyan people (subgroup of
Dayak people
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) living in the province of
Central Kalimantan and
South Kalimantan,
Indonesia
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. It is closely related to the
Malagasy language
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spoken in
Madagascar
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.
Phonology
Consonants
can also be heard as a tap sound .
Vowels
can be heard as in closed syllables.
Connection with Malagasy
The
Malagasy language is an Austronesian language spoken in Madagascar. Malagasy is believed to have originated from the Southeast
Barito language, and Ma'anyan is believed to be its closest relative, with numerous Malay and Javanese loanwords. It is known that
Ma'anyan people were brought as labourers and slaves by
Malay and
Javanese people in their trading fleets, which reached Madagascar by ca. 50–500 AD.
There is high lexical similarity with other East Barito languages like
Paku (77%) and
Dusun Witu (75%).
Vocabulary
Vocabulary comparison between Malay, Banjarese, Ma'anyan, and Malagasy.
References
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External links
Ma'anyan language and grammar(in Ma'anyan)
East Barito languages
Languages of Indonesia
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