Punan languages
Group of isolects spoken by the Punan people
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[1]
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
- Malayo-Polynesian
- Greater North Borneo
- Central Sarawak
- Punan–Müller-Schwaner
- Punan
- Punan–Müller-Schwaner
- Central Sarawak
- Greater North Borneo
| Punan | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Indonesia and Malaysia (Borneo) |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian
|
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | puna1280 |
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.[2]
- *-iap ‘count’
- *hen ‘3.SG pronoun’
- *buhak ‘white’
- *obet ‘animal trap (general)’
.jpg){kind=small}