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Melanau–Kajang Languages
The Melanau–Kajang languages or Central Sarawak languages are a group of languages spoken in Kalimantan, Indonesia and Sarawak, Malaysia by the Kenyah people, Kenyah, Melanau and related peoples. Classification Smith (2017) Smith (2017)Smith, Alexander. 2017. ''The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification''. PhD Dissertation: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. uses the term ''Central Sarawak'', and puts it as an independent branch within the Greater North Borneo languages, Greater North Borneo subgroup. He classifies the languages as follows. *Melanau language, Melanau (Dalat, Sarikei, Mukah, Balingian, Matu, Sibu, Kanowit) *Kajang (Kajaman language, Kejaman, Sekapan language, Sekapan, Lahanan language, Lahanan) *Punan–Müller-Schwaner **Punan languages, Punan ***Punan Bah, Punan Tubu, Sajau ***Punan Lisum, Punan Aput, Beketan, Ukit, Buket **Müller-Schwaner ***Hovongan language, Hovongan ***Krio Dayak language, Kereho, Aoheng language, Aoheng, Seputan language, Sep ...
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Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea, Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the List of countries and dependencies by area, 14th-largest country by area, at . With over 280 million people, Indonesia is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fourth-most-populous country and the most populous Islam by country, Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's List of islands by population, most populous island, is home to more than half of the country's population. Indonesia operates as a Presidential system, presidential republic with an elected People's Consultative Assembly, legislature and consists of Provinces of Indonesia, 38 provinces, nine of which have Autonomous administrative divisi ...
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Lahanan Language
Lahanan (Lanun) is a Kajang language of Sarawak, Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre .... External links Languages of Malaysia Melanau–Kajang languages Endangered Austronesian languages {{au-lang-stub ...
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Tiger Leech
''Haemadipsa picta'' (common names: tiger leech, or less commonly, stinging land leech) is a large (up to 33 mm long) terrestrial leech found in Borneo, Indochina, and Taiwan. It was described by John Percy Moore based on specimens collected from Sarawak Sarawak ( , ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. It is the largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia. Sarawak is located in East Malaysia in northwest Borneo, and is ..., Borneo. It preys primarily on medium- to large-sized mammals, including humans. Ecology and behavior ''Haemadipsa picta'' occur on bushes and grasses about 1 metre or higher above the ground in moist forests. They are fast and actively moving, and even known to fall onto hikers from higher bushes or leaves. They attach themselves to the hands, arms, shoulders, and even neck of passers-by. The bites of this species are comparatively painful and difficult to heal, hence the c ...
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Paul Sidwell
Paul James Sidwell is an Australian linguist based in Canberra, Australia, who has held research and lecturing positions at the Australian National University. Sidwell, who is also an expert and consultant in forensic linguistics, is most notable for his work on the historical linguistics of the Austroasiatic language family, and has published reconstructions of the Austroasiatic, Bahnaric, Katuic, Palaungic, Khasic, and Nicobaric proto-languages. Sidwell is currently the president of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS) and also regularly organises the International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics (ICAAL). Career In 2001, Sidwell was appointed as a collaborating scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig. From 2001 to 2004, he was an Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Australian National University, remaining there from 2005 to 2007 as a visiting research fellow, funded by the Max Planck ...
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Austroasiatic Languages
The Austroasiatic languages ( ) are a large language family spoken throughout Mainland Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia. These languages are natively spoken by the majority of the population in Vietnam and Cambodia, and by minority populations scattered throughout parts of Thailand, Laos, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Nepal, and southern China. Approximately 117 million people speak an Austroasiatic language, of which more than two-thirds are Vietnamese language, Vietnamese speakers. Of the Austroasiatic languages, only Vietnamese language, Vietnamese, Khmer language, Khmer, and Mon language, Mon have lengthy, established presences in the historical record. Only two are presently considered to be the national languages of sovereign states: Vietnamese in Vietnam, and Khmer in Cambodia. The Mon language is a recognized indigenous language in Myanmar and Thailand, while the Wa language is a "recognized national language" in the de facto autonomous Wa State within M ...
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Seputan Language
Aoheng, or Penihing, is a Kayan language of East Kalimantan, Indonesia, one of several 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 p .... Phonology * The consonants /dʒ g j w/ only occur in loanwords. * /b/ can be heard as /β/ word-initially and intervocalically. * /ə/ may be pronounced as or References Languages of Indonesia Müller-Schwaner languages {{au-lang-stub ...
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Krio Dayak Language
Krio Dayak is a Kayan language of the Krio Dayak people in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. References Further reading * A. R. Mecer, ''Struktur Bahasa Dayak Krio'', Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, 1992, External links Keriu language entryin a linguistic thesaurus by the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies The KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (, abbreviated as KITLV) at Leiden was founded in 1851. Its objective is the advancement of the study of the anthropology, linguistics, social sciences, and history o ... (KITLV). Languages of Indonesia Müller-Schwaner languages {{austronesian-lang-stub ...
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Hovongan Language
Hovongan (Hobongan), or Punan Bungan, is a Kayan language of West Kalimantan, Indonesia, one of several 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 p .... References Languages of Indonesia Müller-Schwaner languages {{au-lang-stub ...
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Punan Languages
The Punan languages or Rejang-Sajau languages are a group of mutually intelligible isolects spoken by the Punan and related peoples of Borneo in Indonesia and Malaysia. Classification Smith (2017) classifies Punan dialects as follows: *Seru language, Sru (Seru) † *Punan Tubu-Bah **Punan Tubu language, Punan Tubu, Punan Bah language, Punan Bah, Sajau language, Sajau, Latti *Punan **Bukitan language, Beketan (Bukitan), Punan Lisum, Punan Aput, Ukit language, Ukit, Bukat language, Buket (Bukat) Austroasiatic influence Kaufman (2018) notes that some Proto-Punan words (Smith 2017) are of likely Austroasiatic languages, Austroasiatic origin, including the following.Kaufman, Daniel. 2018. ''Between mainland and island Southeast Asia: Evidence for a Mon-Khmer presence in Borneo''. Ronald and Janette Gatty Lecture Series. Kahin Center for Advanced Research on Southeast Asia, Cornell University.handoutslides * *-iap ‘count’ * *hen ‘3. pronoun’ * *buhak ‘white’ * *obet ‘an ...
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Sekapan Language
Sekapan is a Kajang language of Sarawak, Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre .... External links Languages of Malaysia Melanau–Kajang languages Endangered Austronesian languages {{au-lang-stub ...
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Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula and East Malaysia on the island of Borneo. Peninsular Malaysia shares land and maritime Malaysia–Thailand border, borders with Thailand, as well as maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia; East Malaysia shares land borders with Brunei and Indonesia, and a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam. Kuala Lumpur is the country's national capital, List of cities and towns in Malaysia by population, largest city, and the seat of the Parliament of Malaysia, legislative branch of the Government of Malaysia, federal government, while Putrajaya is the federal administrative capi ...
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