Malayic Dayak or Dayak Kemelayuan is a dialect of Melayik spoken in West Kalimantan (parts of North Kayong, parts of Ketapang, parts of Kapuas Hulu, parts of Melawi) and the western part of Central Kalimantan (parts of Lamandau Regency, parts of Sukamara, parts of West Kotawaringin, parts of Seruyan, parts of East Kotawaringin).
Malayic Dayak | |
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Delang–Kayong–Banana’ | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Borneo |
Native speakers | (520,000 cited 1981)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xdy |
Glottolog | mala1480 |
Wurm and Hattori (1981) list these dialects as Delang (200,000 speakers), Kayong (100,000 speakers), Banana’ (100,000 speakers), Bamayo, Tapitn (300 speakers), Mentebah-Suruk (20,000 speakers), Semitau (10,000 speakers), and Suhaid (10,000 speakers), and additionally Arut (Sukarame), Lamandau (Landau Kantu), Sukamara (Kerta Mulya), Riam (Nibung Terjung), Belantikan (Sungkup), Tamuan, Tomun, Pangin, Sekakai, and Silat.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Malayic Dayak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)