The Land Dayak languages are a group of dozen or so languages spoken by the

Bidayuh Bidayuh is the collective name for several indigenous groups found in southern Sarawak, Malaysia and northern West Kalimantan, Indonesia, on the island of Borneo, which are broadly similar in language and culture (see also #Language issues, is ...

Land Dayaks of northwestern

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, and according to some sources, also spoken by the

Rejang people Rejang people (Rejang language, Rejang: ''Tun Hejang'' or ''Tun Jang'') are an Austronesian ethnolinguistic group, native to the some parts of Bengkulu, Bengkulu Province and South Sumatra, South Sumatera Province in the southwestern part of Suma ...

of southwestern

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Languages

''Glottolog''

''Glottolog'' classifies the Land Dayak languages as follows. *Benyadu-Bekati: Bekati (Bekatiq),

Sara Sara may refer to: People * Sara (given name), a feminine given name People with the given name * Sara Aboobacker (1936–2023), Indian writer and translator * Sara Ahmed (born 1969), British-Australian writer * Sara Allgood (1880–1950), Ir ...

Lara Lara may refer to: People * Lara (name), can be a given name or a surname in several languages * Lara (mythology), a naiad nymph, daughter of the river Almo in Ovid's ''Fasti'' Places *Lara (state), a state in Venezuela * Electoral district ...

(Rara), Benyadu *Bidayuh: ** Bukar–Sadong (Serian) ** Biatah– Tringgus, Jagoi (Bau and Jagoi Babang district of Bengkayang Regency) *Southern: Djongkang, Kembayan (both in

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Semandang 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 inter ...

(mainly in northern part of

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), Ribun, Sanggau In 2020, Semandang was split into Beginci, Gerai, and Semandang for

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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 Rara or RARA may refer to: * Rara music, a form of festival music originating in Haiti * Rara festival, a Lent carnival in Haiti * Rara Lake, lake in Nepal * Rara, Nepal, a village in Karnali Zone * Rara National Park, a protected area in Nepa ...

) *Bidayuh-Southern Land Dayak **Bidayuh ( Bau-Jagoi, Bukar-Sadong, Sungkung, Hliboi, Biatah) ** Southern Land Dayak (Golik, Jangkang, Ribun, Sanggau, Simpang)

West Kalimantan groups

List of Bidayuh-speaking Dayak ethnic subgroups and their respective languages in

West Kalimantan West Kalimantan () is a province of Indonesia. It is one of five Indonesian provinces comprising Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. Its capital and largest city is Pontianak. It is bordered by East Kalimantan and Central ...

province, Indonesia:Bamba, John (ed.) (2008). ''Mozaik Dayak keberagaman subsuku dan bahasa Dayak di Kalimantan Barat''.

Pontianak Pontianak, also known as Khuntien in Teochew and Hakka, is the capital of the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan, founded first as a trading port on the island of Borneo, occupying an area of 118.21 km2 in the delta of the Kapuas R ...

: Institut Dayakologi. .Istiyani, Chatarina Pancer (2008). ''Memahami peta keberagaman subsuku dan bahasa Dayak di Kalimantan Barat''. Institut Dayakologi. : Some possible Bidayuh-speaking Dayak ethnic subgroups and their respective languages in

province, Indonesia: :

References

Bibliography

*Noeb, Jonas; Rensch, Calvin R.; Rensch, Carolyn M.; Ridu, Robert Sulis. 2012
''The Bidayuh Language: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Revised and Expanded)''
SIL Electronic Survey Report. SIL International.

External links

Digitized works on Land Dayak at the SOAS Library
{{Languages of Malaysia Greater North Borneo languages