Penan-Nibong language
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Penan, also known as Punan-Nibong, is a language complex spoken by the
Penan people The Penan are a nomadic indigenous people living in Sarawak and Brunei, although there is only one small community in Brunei; among those in Brunei half have been converted to Islam, even if only superficially. Penan are one of the last such pe ...
of Borneo. They are related to the
Kenyah languages The Kenyah languages are a group of half a dozen or so closely related languages spoken by the Kenyah peoples of Borneo. They are: : Kenyah proper (a dialect cluster, incl. Madang), Sebob, Tutoh (Long Wat), Wahau Kenyah, Uma’ Lung / Uma’ ...
. '' Glottolog'' shows Western Penan as closer to Sebop than it is to Eastern Penan.


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*ELAR archive o
Eastern Penan
Kenyah languages Languages of Malaysia Languages of Brunei {{austronesian-lang-stub