Penan language

Nibong
Nibong
Penan
Native to	Malaysia, Brunei
Region	Sarawak, Borneo
Ethnicity	Penan people
Native speakers	ca. 13,000 (2007–2011)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian North Bornean North Sarawakan Kenyah? Nibong; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; pez – Eastern Penan; pne – Western Penan
Glottolog	east2485 Eastern; west2563 Western
ELP	Eastern Penan

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.^[2]

References

^ Eastern Penan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Western Penan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Western Penan". Glottolog 4.3.

External links

Penan phrasebook travel guide from Wikivoyage
ELAR archive of Eastern Penan

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[e18-1] Eastern Penan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Western Penan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Western Penan". Glottolog 4.3.

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v t e Languages of Brunei
Official language	Malay
Lingua franca	Brunei Malay English
Minority languages	Belait Chinese Dusun Bisaya Iban Lun Bawang Melanau Berawan Tutong Tamil Sian Penan-Nibong