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Subgroup of the Austronesian language family From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Melanau–Kajang languages or Central Sarawak languages are a group of languages spoken in Kalimantan, Indonesia and Sarawak, Malaysia by the Kenyah, Melanau and related peoples.
Melanau–Kajang | |
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Central Sarawak | |
Geographic distribution | Indonesia and Malaysia (Borneo) |
Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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Glottolog | sara1342 |
Smith (2017)[1] uses the term Central Sarawak, and puts it as an independent branch within the Greater North Borneo subgroup. He classifies the languages as follows.
Kaufman (2018) notes that many Proto-Central Sarawak words (Smith 2017) are of likely Austroasiatic origin, including the following (Note: The Austroasiatic branch reconstructions are from Paul Sidwell's reconstructions; Proto-Pearic is from Headley (1985)[2]).[3]
Proto-Kajang words of likely Austroasiatic origin:
Proto-Müller-Schwaner words of likely Austroasiatic origin:
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