Bahau Language
Kayan Mekam or Bahau (Kajan) is a Kayanic language of Borneo Borneo () is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world, with an area of , and population of 23,053,723 (2020 national censuses). Situated at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, it is one of the Greater Sunda .... External links Languages of Indonesia Languages of Malaysia Kayan–Murik languages {{au-lang-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea, Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the List of countries and dependencies by area, 14th-largest country by area, at . With over 280 million people, Indonesia is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fourth-most-populous country and the most populous Islam by country, Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's List of islands by population, most populous island, is home to more than half of the country's population. Indonesia operates as a Presidential system, presidential republic with an elected People's Consultative Assembly, legislature and consists of Provinces of Indonesia, 38 provinces, nine of which have Autonomous administrative divisi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Borneo
Borneo () is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world, with an area of , and population of 23,053,723 (2020 national censuses). Situated at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, it is one of the Greater Sunda Islands, located north of Java Island, Java, west of Sulawesi, and east of Sumatra. The island is crossed by the equator, which divides it roughly in half. The list of divided islands, island is politically divided among three states. The sovereign state of Brunei in the north makes up 1% of the territory. Approximately 73% of Borneo is Indonesian territory, and in the north, the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak make up about 26% of the island. The Malaysian federal territory of Labuan is situated on a small island just off the coast of Borneo. Etymology When the sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer Jorge de Menezes made contact with the indigenous people of Borneo, they referred to their island as ''Pulu K'lemantang'', which ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bahau People
Bahau or Kayan Mekam people is a sub-ethnic group of the Apo Kayan people who inhabit West Kutai Regency (9.3%), East Kalimantan, Indonesia. They are found in regional districts of :- * Long Iram district, West Kutai Regency * Long Bagun district, Mahakam Ulu Regency * Long Pahangai, Mahakam Ulu Regency Language The Bahau language is part of the Kayan-Murik languages. * Kayan-Murik languages (17 languages) ** Kayan language: *** Bahau language, Bahau people of the Mahakam Ulu Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia *** Busang Kayan language, Busang Kayan people of the West Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia *** Wahau Kayan language, Wahau Kayan people of the Wahau river mouth, East Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia *** Mahakam Kayan language, Mahakam Kayan people of the West Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia *** Kayan River Kayan language, Kayan River Kayan people of the Malinau Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia *** Baram Kayan language, Baram Kay ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Malayo-Polynesian Languages
The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 385.5 million speakers. The Malayo-Polynesian languages are spoken by the Austronesian peoples outside of Taiwan, in the island nations of Southeast Asia (Indonesia and the Philippine Archipelago) and the Pacific Ocean, with a smaller number in continental Asia in the areas near the Malay Peninsula, with Cambodia, Vietnam and the Chinese island Hainan as the northwest geographic outlier. Malagasy, spoken on the island of Madagascar off the eastern coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean, is the furthest western outlier. Many languages of the Malayo-Polynesian family in insular Southeast Asia show the strong influence of Sanskrit, Tamil and Arabic, as the western part of the region has been a stronghold of Hinduism, Buddhism, and, later, Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of I ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Greater North Borneo Languages
The Greater North Borneo languages are a proposed subgroup of the Austronesian language family. The subgroup historically covers languages that are spoken throughout much of Borneo (excluding the areas where the Greater Barito and Tamanic languages are spoken) and Sumatra, as well as parts of Java, and Mainland Southeast Asia. The Greater North Borneo hypothesis was first proposed by Robert Blust (2010) and further elaborated by Alexander Smith (2017a, 2017b). The evidence presented for this proposal are solely lexical. Despite its name, this branch has been now widespread within the Maritime Southeast Asia region, with the exception of the Philippines (although this depends on the classification of Molbog). The proposed subgroup covers some of the major languages in Southeast Asia, including Malay/ Indonesian and related Malayic languages such as Minangkabau, Banjar and Iban; as well as Sundanese and Acehnese. In Borneo itself, the largest non-Malayic GNB language in ter ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kayan–Murik Languages
The Kayan–Murik languages are a group of Austronesian languages spoken in Borneo by the Kayan, Murik, and Bahau peoples. Languages The Kayan–Murik languages include: *Kayan proper: Bahau, various languages called '' Kayan'' * Murik Smith (2017, 2019) Smith (2017, 2019) classifies the Kayanic languages as follows: *Kayanic **Kayan–Murik–Merap *** Kayan **** Baram **** Rejang-Busang **** Bahau **** Data Dian ***Murik–Merap **** Ngorek **** Pua’ **** Huang Bau **** Merap Notable sound changes Glottalisation of final vowels In all Kayan–Murik languages, final vowels ''*-a'', ''*-i'', and ''*-u'' are closed with a glottal stop (similar to Banyumasan or Ngapak dialect of Javanese). This process resulted ''-aʔ'', ''-eʔ'', and ''-oʔ'' in most langauges, but two latter outcomes are instead ''-ayʔ'' and ''-awʔ'' in Merap. However, the Kayan–Murik languages have different treatments regarding syllables ending in ''*-ʔ'' (inherited from PMP ''*-q''). ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kayan Language (Borneo)
Kayan (Kajan, Kayan proper) is a dialect cluster spoken by the Kayan people of Borneo. It is a cluster of closely related dialects with limited mutual intelligibility, and is itself part of the Kayan-Murik group of Austronesian languages. Baram Kayan is a local trade language. Bahau is part of the dialect cluster, but is not ethnically Kayan. Internal classification Glottolog ''Glottolog'' is an open-access online bibliographic database of the world's languages. In addition to listing linguistic materials ( grammars, articles, dictionaries) describing individual languages, the database also contains the most up-to-d ... v4.8 classifies the Kayan dialect cluster as follows: Phonology The following is based on the Baram dialect: Consonants * can be heard as either a tap or a trill in free variation. * can be heard as when in free fluctuation with in word-medial position. * can be realized as more fronted when preceding high vocoids. * may also be heard as ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Murik Kayan Language
Murik is a language of Sarawak, Malaysia. References External links * Murik written materials are available through Kaipuleohone Kaipuleohone is a digital ethnographic archive that houses audio and visual files, photographs, as well as hundreds of textual material such as notes, dictionaries, and transcriptions relating to small and endangered languages. The archive is stored ... Languages of Malaysia Kayan–Murik languages Endangered Austronesian languages {{au-lang-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Languages Of Indonesia
Indonesia is home to over 700 living languages spoken across its extensive archipelago. This significant linguistic variety constitutes approximately 10% of the world’s total languages, positioning Indonesia as the second most linguistically diverse nation globally, following Papua New Guinea. The majority of these languages belong to the Austronesian language family, prevalent in the western and central regions of Indonesia, including languages such as Acehnese language, Acehnese, Sundanese language, Sundanese, and Buginese language, Buginese. In contrast, the eastern regions, particularly Western New Guinea, Papua and the Maluku Islands, are home to over 270 Papuan languages, which are distinct from the Austronesian family and represent a unique linguistic heritage. The language most widely spoken as a native language is Javanese language, Javanese, primarily by the Javanese people in the Central Java, central and East Java, eastern parts of Java Island, as well as across m ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Languages Of Malaysia
The indigenous languages of Malaysia belong to the Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian families. The national, or official, language is Malay which is the mother tongue of the majority Malay ethnic group. The main ethnic groups within Malaysia are the Bumiputera (which consist of Malays, Orang Asli, and, natives of East Malaysia), Malaysian Chinese and Malaysian Indians, with many other ethnic groups represented in smaller numbers, each with its own languages. The largest native languages spoken in East Malaysia are the Iban, Dusunic, and Kadazan languages. English is widely understood and spoken within the urban areas of the country; the English language is a compulsory subject in primary and secondary education. It is also the main medium of instruction within most private colleges and private universities. English may take precedence over Malay in certain official contexts as provided for by the National Language Act, especially in the states of Sabah and Sarawak, wh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |