Basap language

Basap
Native to Indonesia
Region Borneo
Ethnicity Punan
Native speakers
15,000 (2007)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bdb
Glottolog basa1286[2]

Basap is an Austronesian language spoken in Borneo, Indonesia.

Within Kalimantan Timur and Kalimantan Utara provinces, Basap speakers are scattered across Berau, Bulungan, Kutai Kartanegara, Penajam Paser Utara, and Kutai Timur regencies. Dialects are Jembayan, Bulungan, Berau, Dumaring, Binatang, and Karangan (Ethnologue).

References

  1. Basap at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Basap". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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