Berawan–Lower Baram languages
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The Berawan – Lower Baram languages are a group of half a dozen languages spoken in Borneo
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A 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database fully supported the unity of Berawan–Lower Baram, and connected the family to the Kelabitic languages
at a 90% confidence level.
Borneo
Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....
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Languages
- Berawan
- Lower Baram
- Belait, KiputKiput languageKiput is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by about 450 people in northern Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia.-Vowels:Kiput has 8 monophthongs , at least 12 diphthongs and two triphthongs .-Consonants:...
- Lelak, NaromNarom languageNarom language is a Malayo-Polynesian language of the Lower Baram branch. It is spoken by some 2,420 Narom people in Sarawak, East Malaysia, and particularly in the Miri Division and the area south of Baram River mouth...
, Tutong
- Belait, Kiput
A 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database fully supported the unity of Berawan–Lower Baram, and connected the family to the Kelabitic languages
Kelabitic languages
The Apo Duat or Kelabitic languages are a group of closely related languages spoken by the Kelabit, Lun Bawang, and related peoples. They are:...
at a 90% confidence level.
External links
- Berawan-Lower Baram languages at Ethnologue