Bamayo language

Bamayo (Bumayoh), listed in Ethnologue simply as "Malayic Dayak", is a Malayic Dayak language of Borneo.

Bamayo
Delang–Kayung–Banana’
Native toIndonesia
RegionBorneo
Native speakers
(520,000 cited 1981)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3xdy
Glottologmala1480

Dialects form a chain that may be better considered three languages. Ethnologue lists them as southern: Delang [200,000 speakers] and Kayung [100,000]; western: Banana’ [100,000] and Tapitn [300]; and eastern: Mentebah-Suruk [20,000], Semitau [10,000], and Suhaid [10,000]; and additionally (not arranged geographically): Arut (Sukarame), Lamandau (Landau Kantu), Sukamara (Kerta Mulya), Riam (Nibung Terjung), Belantikan (Sungkup), Tamuan, Tomun, Pangin, Sekakai, Silat.

The 22nd edition of Ethnologue lists:

Tapitn, Banana’, Kayung (Kayong), Delang, Semitau, Suhaid, Mentebah-Suruk, Arut (Sukarame), Lamandau (Landau Kantu), Sukamara (Kerta Mulya), Riam (Nibung Terjung), Belantikan (Sungkup), Tamuan, Tomun, Pangin, Sekakai, Silat, Melahui, Serawai, Tebidah, Payak, Undau.

See also

References

  1. Bamayo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)


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