Penan-Nibong language
For other languages known as "Penan" or "Punan", see Punan language (disambiguation)
Nibong | |
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Penan | |
Native to | Malaysia, Brunei |
Region | Sarawak, Borneo |
Ethnicity | Penan people |
Native speakers | ca. 13,000 (2007–2011)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
Either: pez – Eastern Penan pne – Western Penan |
Glottolog |
east2485 (Eastern)[2]west2563 (Western)[3] |
Penan, also known as Punan-Nibong, is a language complex spoken by the Penan people of Borneo. They are related to the Kenyah languages. Glottolog shows Western Penan as closer to Sebop than it is to Eastern Penan.[3]
References
- ↑ Eastern Penan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Western Penan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Eastern Penan". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- 1 2 Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Western Penan". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
External links
- Penan phrasebook travel guide from Wikivoyage
- ELAR archive of Eastern Penan
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