Melanau–Kajang languages

Melanau–Kajang
Geographic
distribution		 Borneo
Linguistic classification Austronesian
Subdivisions
  • Kajang (Kayang)
  • Melanau
  • Outer Central Sarawak
Glottolog sara1342[1]

The Melanau–Kajang languages or Central Sarawak languages are a group of languages spoken in Sarawak, Malaysia, by the Melanau, Kenyah, and related peoples.

Classification

Blust (2010)

The Melanau–Kajang languages are (Blust 2010):

Smith (2017)

Smith (2017)[2] instead uses the term Central Sarawak, and classifies the languages as follows.

  • Melanau (Dalat, Sarikei, Mukah, Balingian, Matu, Sibu, Kanowit)
  • Kajang (Kejaman, Sekapan, Lahanan)
  • Punan-Müller-Schwaner
    • Punan
      • Punan Bah, Punan Tubu, Sajau
      • Punan Lisum, Punan Aput,Beketan, Ukit, Buket
    • Müller-Schwaner

References

  1. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Sarawak–Melanau–Kajang". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. ↑ Smith, Alexander. 2017. The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification. PhD Dissertation: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
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