The Punan languages or Rejang-Sajau languages are a group of mutually intelligible

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s spoken by the

Punan Punan Bah or Punan is an ethnic group found in Sarawak, Malaysia and in Kalimantan, Indonesia. The Punan Bah people are distinct and unrelated to the semi-nomadic Penan people. Their name stems from two rivers along the banks of which they hav ...

and related peoples of

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and

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. Smith (2017) classifies Punan dialects as follows: *

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(Seru) † *Punan Tubu-Bah ** Punan Tubu,

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, Sajau, Latti *Punan ** Beketan (Bukitan), Punan Lisum,

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, Ukit, Buket (Bukat)

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