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(Bumayoh) is a Malayic Dayak language of Borneo. Bamayo dialects form a chain that may be better considered three separate languages. Wurm and Hattori (1981)...

21 June 2016, in Sarawak, Malaysia, social activist and politician Bill Kayong was shot dead at a traffic light intersection near a shopping mall in Kuala...

(EGIDS). In 2024, the Iban language was included in Google Translate and became a historic moment as the first Borneo language to be registered into Google...

Greater North Borneo languages are a proposed subgroup of the Austronesian language family. The subgroup historically covers languages that are spoken...

people Semendo people Semidang people Lintang people [id] Bengkulu Malays Kayong Malays Kotawaringin Malays Kutai Malays Pontianak Malays Sambas Malays Loloan...

spoken mainly in Sulawesi and West Coast Bajau in Sabah, Borneo. Several dialects of the languages can be identified. Blust (2006) states that lexical evidence...

(Kajan, Kayan proper) is a dialect cluster spoken by the Kayan people of Borneo. It is a cluster of closely related dialects with limited mutual intelligibility...

in western Borneo. A form known as Proto-Malayic was spoken in Borneo at least by 1000 BCE, it has been argued to be the ancestral language of all subsequent...

North Kayong Regency), since Panembahan Sorgi (Giri Kesuma) embraced Islam. The Kingdom of Tanjungpura is proof that the civilisation of Tanah Kayong was...

is a town and regency seat of North Kayong Regency (Kabupaten Kayong Utara), on the island of Borneo. North Kayong regency is one of the regencies of West...

The Tagol Murut language is spoken by the Tagol (highland) subgroup of the Murut people, and serves as the lingua franca of the whole group. It belongs...

homeland being in western Borneo stretching to the Bruneian coast. A form known as Proto-Malay language was spoken in Borneo at least by 1000 BCE and was...

Teor and Kur are two Austronesian language varieties of the Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian branch spoken near Kei Island, Indonesia. They are reportedly...

Indonesian provinces comprising Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. Its capital and largest city is Pontianak. It is bordered by East Kalimantan...

The Land Dayak languages are a group of dozen or so languages spoken by the Bidayuh Land Dayaks of Borneo, and by some, also spoken by the Rejang people...

Greater North Borneo subgroup: Greater North Borneo North Borneo languages Central Sarawak languages Kayan–Murik languages Land Dayak languages Malayo–Chamic...

Simalungun, or Batak Simalungun, is an Austronesian language of Sumatra. It is spoken mainly in Simalungun Regency and Pematang Siantar, North Sumatra...

The Malagasy language is an Austronesian language spoken in Madagascar, originating from its historical homeland in South East Borneo. Malagasy is classified...

Bekatiʼ (Bekatiq, Bakati) is a Dayak language of Borneo. Bekatiʼ at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Tampajara, Hilarinus (2013). Kamus...

Kutai, Kutai: Urang Kutai)[what language is this?], the indigenous ethnic group which lives along the Mahakam River in Borneo, especially in North Kalimantan...