Penan, also known as Punan-Nibong, is a language complex spoken by the
Penan people
The Penan are a nomadic indigenous people living in Sarawak and Brunei, although there is only one small community in Brunei; among those in Brunei half have been converted to Islam, even if only superficially. Penan are one of the last such pe ...
of Borneo. They are related to the
Kenyah languages
The Kenyah languages are a group of half a dozen or so closely related languages spoken by the Kenyah peoples of Borneo. They are:
: Kenyah proper (a dialect cluster, incl. Madang), Sebob, Tutoh (Long Wat), Wahau Kenyah, Uma’ Lung / Uma’ ...
. ''
Glottolog'' shows Western Penan as closer to
Sebop than it is to Eastern Penan.
References
External links
*ELAR archive o
Eastern Penan
Kenyah languages
Languages of Malaysia
Languages of Brunei
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