Kelabitic languages
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The Apo Duat or Kelabitic languages are a group of closely related languages spoken by the Kelabit
, Lun Bawang
, and related peoples. They are:
A 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database connected Kelabitic to the Berawan–Lower Baram languages
at a 90% confidence level.
Kelabit
The Kelabit, who have close ties to the Lun Bawang, are an indigenous people of the Sarawak highlands in Borneo with a minority in the neighbouring state of Brunei. The elevation there is slightly over 1,200 meters...
, Lun Bawang
Lun Bawang
The Lun Bawang is an ethnic group found in Central Borneo. They are indigenous to the highlands of East Kalimantan, Brunei , southwest of Sabah and northern region of Sarawak...
, and related peoples. They are:
- KelabitKelabit languageKelabit is one of the remotest languages of Borneo, on the Sarawak–Kalimantan border, and spoken by one of the smallest ethnicities in Borneo, the Kelabit people....
, Lengilu, LundayehLun Bawang languageThe language spoken by the Lun Bawangs belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian family. The first published material written fully in the Lun Bawang language is a translation of the Bible in 1982, which is called Bala Luk Do...
, Putoh, Sa'ban, Tring
A 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database connected Kelabitic to the Berawan–Lower Baram languages
Berawan–Lower Baram languages
The Berawan – Lower Baram languages are a group of half a dozen languages spoken in Borneo.-Languages:*Berawan*Lower Baram**Belait, Kiput**Lelak, Narom, Tutong...
at a 90% confidence level.