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Bukar–Sadong language

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Bukar & Sadong
Native toMalaysia, Indonesia
RegionBorneo
Native speakers
49,000 in Malaysia (2000 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3sdo
Glottologbuka1257

Bukar Sadong, also Bukar or Sadong, is a Dayak language of Borneo. McGinn (2009) proposes that it is the closest relative of the divergent Rejang language of Sumatra.[2]

References

  1. ^ Bukar & Sadong at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ McGinn, Richard (2009) "Out-of-Borneo subgrouping hypothesis for Rejang". In Adelaar & Pawley, eds, Austronesian historical linguistics and culture history