Bintulu language
Austronesian language spoken in Sarawak, Malaysia
Bintulu | |
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Vaie | |
Native to | Malaysia |
Region | Sarawak |
Native speakers | (4,200 cited 1981)[1] |
Language family | Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bny |
Glottolog | bint1246 |
ELP | Bintulu |
Bintulu or Vaie is an Austronesian language of Borneo. Robert Blust leaves it as an isolate within the North Sarawakan languages.[2] Ethnologue notes that it might be closest to Baram within those languages.[1]
References
- ^ a b Bintulu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blust, Robert (2010). "The Greater North Borneo Hypothesis". Oceanic Linguistics. 49 (1): 49. JSTOR 40783586.
External links
- Paradisec has an open access collection of Bintulu language recordings made by Robert Blust.
- Kaipuleohone also has archived materials of Bintulu.
- Vaie words in the Malay Wiktionary
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