Remun, or Milikin, is an Ibanic Dayak language of

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Geographic distribution

The language is spoken by roughly 3600 inhabitants of the Sarawak region. Remun is the primary Iban-Remun language dialect in the Borneo area, and particularly the Sarawak region. Despite being 88% similar to the

Iban language The Iban language () is spoken by the Iban, one of the Dayak ethnic groups who live in Brunei, the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan and in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. It belongs to the Malayic subgroup, a Malayo-Polynesian branch ...

, individuals in locales that speak Remun state the language is easily hidden from outsiders' understanding, even speakers of Iban. Remun is endangered, as its speakers are slowly shifting towards speaking Iban.

Vocabulary

*Sample phases in Standard Iban and Remun: ** – "I do not see." ** – "I could not find."

Language comparisons

References

External links

* Ibanic languages Languages of Malaysia Agglutinative languages Endangered Austronesian languages {{malayic-lang-stub