• Source: 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:

Sru (Seru) †
Punan Tubu-Bah
Punan Tubu, Punan Bah, Sajau, Latti
Punan
Beketan (Bukitan), Punan Lisum, Punan Aput, Ukit, Buket (Bukat)




Austroasiatic influence


Kaufman (2018) notes that some Proto-Punan words (Smith 2017) are of likely Austroasiatic origin, including the following.

*-iap ‘count’
*hen ‘3.SG pronoun’
*buhak ‘white’
*obet ‘animal trap (general)’




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Rumpun Dayak
• Daftar dialek Bahasa Dayak
• Rumpun bahasa Melanau-Kajang
• Bahasa Indonesia
• Bahasa di Indonesia
• Rumpun bahasa Kalimantan Utara Raya
• Bahasa Bali
• Bahasa Lampung
• Bahasa Sunda
• Bahasa Cia-Cia
• Punan languages
• Punan language
• Punan Tubu language
• Punan Batu language
• Bah-Biau Punan language
• Punan Merah language
• Punan Bah
• Seru language
• Ukit language
• Greater North Borneo languages