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Land Dayak Languages
The Land Dayak languages are a group of dozen or so languages spoken by the Bidayuh Land Dayaks of northwestern Borneo, and according to some sources, also spoken by the Rejang people of southwestern Sumatra, Indonesia. Languages ''Glottolog'' ''Glottolog'' classifies the Land Dayak languages as follows. *Benyadu-Bekati: Bekati (Bekatiq), Sara, Lara (Rara), Benyadu *Bidayuh: ** Bukar–Sadong (Serian) ** Biatah– Tringgus, Jagoi (Bau and Jagoi Babang district of Bengkayang Regency) *Southern: Djongkang, Kembayan (both in Sanggau Regency), Semandang (mainly in northern part of Ketapang Regency), Ribun, Sanggau In 2020, Semandang was split into Beginci, Gerai, and Semandang for ISO 639-3 by SIL International. Smith (2017) Smith (2017)Smith, Alexander. 2017. ''The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification''. PhD Dissertation: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. classifies the Land Dayak languages as follows. * Banyadu- Bekati ( Banyadu, Bekati, Rara, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagoi Language
Jagoi, Singai or Bau, is a Dayak language of Borneo. Gumbang dialect may be closer to Tringgus. Dialects Bau language is divided into seven dialects, namely: * Jagoi - notably from Serikin, Stass, Serasot etc., towards Kampung Selampit in Lundu, Sarawak, * Bratak - used in ''kupua'' (kampung/villages) around the Bung Bratak ( Mount Bratak), * Singai - used in the area and villages around the Catholic site of Mount Singai (from Kampung Apar towards kampung Bobak), * Biroih - used from Kampung Skiat area towards Kampung Seropak and towards Peninjau Lama ( Serumbu area) who originated from Mount Podam, * Krokuang/Krokong - used in the Krokong area in Bau, Sarawak, * Gumbang - in Gumbang area, and * Tringgus - in Kampung Tringgus. References Languages of Malaysia Land Dayak languages {{au-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SIL International
SIL Global (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics International) is an evangelical Christian nonprofit organization whose main purpose is to study, develop and document languages, especially those that are lesser-known, to expand linguistic knowledge, promote literacy, translate the Christian Bible into local languages, and aid minority language development. Based on its language documentation work, SIL publishes a database, '' Ethnologue'', of its research into the world's languages, and develops and publishes software programs for language documentation, such as FieldWorks Language Explorer (FLEx) and Lexique Pro. Its main offices in the United States are located at the International Linguistics Center in Dallas, Texas. History Early History William Cameron Townsend, a Presbyterian minister, founded the organization in 1934, after undertaking a Christian mission with the Disciples of Christ among the Kaqchikel Maya people in Guatemala in the earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ISO 639-3
ISO 639-3:2007, ''Codes for the representation of names of languages – Part 3: Alpha-3 code for comprehensive coverage of languages'', is an international standard for language codes in the ISO 639 series. It defines three-letter codes for identifying languages. The standard was published by International Organization for Standardization (ISO) on 1 February 2007. As of 2023, this edition of the standard has been officially withdrawn and replaced by ISO 639:2023. ISO 639-3 extends the ISO 639-2 alpha-3 codes with an aim to cover all known natural languages. The extended language coverage was based primarily on the language codes used in the ''Ethnologue'' (volumes 10–14) published by SIL International, which is now the registration authority for ISO 639-3. It provides an enumeration of languages as complete as possible, including living and extinct, ancient and constructed, major and minor, written and unwritten. However, it does not include reconstructed languages su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerai Language
Gerai is a Greater North Borneo language spoken in Indonesia. It was added to ISO 639-3 in 2020, after splitting it and Beginci from Semandang. References External links''Ethnologue'' entry for Gerai from '' Encyclopædia Britannica
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Languages of Indonesia
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Beginci Language
Beginci is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Indonesia. It was added to ISO 639-3 ISO 639-3:2007, ''Codes for the representation of names of languages – Part 3: Alpha-3 code for comprehensive coverage of languages'', is an international standard for language codes in the ISO 639 series. It defines three-letter codes for ... in 2020, after splitting it and Gerai from Semandang. References External links''Ethnologue'' entry for Beginci Languages of Indonesia Land Dayak languages {{indonesia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanggau Language
Sanggau is a Dayak language of Borneo. Sanggau varieties are quite divergent, and may be distinct languages. References Languages of Indonesia Land Dayak languages {{au-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ketapang Regency
Ketapang Regency is a regency in the south of the province of West Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo in Indonesia. Ketapang Regency occupies an area of 31,588 km2, and at the census in 2010 it had 427,460 inhabitants following the splitting off of five districts in the north-west of the regency on 2 January 2007 to form the new North Kayong Regency;Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. the 2020 census revealed a growth in population to 570,657 over the intervening decade;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 599,890 (comprising 311,507 males and 288,383 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Ketapang Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6106) The principal town lies at Ketapang. Administrative districts When Ketapang Regency was originally created, it consists into the districts of Kendawangan, Manis Mata, Marau, Singkup, Tumbang Titi, Matan Hilir, Nanga Tayap, Sandai, Simpang Hilir, Simpang Hulu, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semandang Language
Semandang, or Onya Darat, is a Dayak language of Borneo. In 2020, the original ISO 639-3 ISO 639-3:2007, ''Codes for the representation of names of languages – Part 3: Alpha-3 code for comprehensive coverage of languages'', is an international standard for language codes in the ISO 639 series. It defines three-letter codes for ... code for Semandang was split into three separate codes for Beginci, Gerai, and Semandang. References Languages of Indonesia Land Dayak languages {{au-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanggau Regency
Sanggau Regency (; Hakka Chinese, Hakka: Sîang-ngau) is a Regency (Indonesia), regency in the north-central section of West Kalimantan province of Indonesia. On 18 December 2003, the regency's eastern portion was split off to create a new regency called Sekadau Regency, Sekadau, leaving Sanggau with an area of . As of the 2020 Indonesian census, 2020 census, Sanggau Regency had a population of 484,836;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 510,415 (comprising 264,174 males and 246,238 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Sanggau Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6105) Alongside the Landak Regency, Landak, Sekadau Regency, Sekadau, and Sintang Regency, Sintang regencies, it is one of four West Kalimantan regencies with a predominantly Catholic populations. History Etymology Local legend says the name came from that of a plant that grows around the Sekayan River, where the Sanggau Kingdom was fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
