West Barito languages
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The West Barito languages are a group of half a dozen Dayak
(Austronesian
) languages of Borneo
. They are named after the Barito River
.
The languages are,
Dayak languages
The term Dayak is used for the languages of the Dayak people; that is, those languages of Borneo apart from varieties of Malay and language of Chinese, Indian, and European origin...
(Austronesian
Austronesian languages
The Austronesian languages are a language family widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia that are spoken by about 386 million people. It is on par with Indo-European, Niger-Congo, Afroasiatic and Uralic as one of the...
) languages of Borneo
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....
. They are named after the Barito River
Barito River
Barito is a 890 km long river, located in South Kalimantan, Indonesia. It originates in the Muller Mountain Range from where it flows southward into the Java Sea...
.
The languages are,
- North: Kohin, Dohoi (Ot Danum), Siang
- South: BakumpaiBakumpai languageBakumpai is an Austronesian language bellonging to West Barito languages. It is spoken by about 100 000 Bakumpai people living in the central Kalimantan, Indonesia....
, NgajuNgaju languageNgaju is an Austronesian language spoken along the Kapuas, Kahayan, Katingan, and Mentaya Rivers in Central Borneo, Indonesia. It is closely related to Bakumpai language. There are three dialects—Pulopetak, Ba'amang, and Mantangai.- Consonants :...