East Barito languages

East Barito
Geographic distribution	south Borneo, Madagascar
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (Barito) East Barito
Language codes
Glottolog	east2713

The East Barito languages are a group of a dozen Dayak (Austronesian) languages of Borneo, and most famously Malagasy, the national language of Madagascar. They are named after the Barito River.

The languages are,

• Central–South
  • Dusun Deyah
  • South: Dusun Malang, Dusun Witu, Ma'anyan, Paku
• Malagasy (incl. Bushi on Mayotte)
• North: Lawangan, Tawoyan

Several of the languages are named 'Dusun' because they are spoken by the Dusun people; they are not to be confused with the Dusunic languages, which are also spoken by the Dusun but belong to a different branch of Malayo-Polynesian.

References

• Blust, Robert. 2006. 'The linguistic macrohistory of the Philippines'. In Liao & Rubino, eds, Current Issues in Philippine Linguistics and Anthropology. pp 31–68.