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Mainstream Kenyah language

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Kenyah
Lepo’
Bakung
Native toIndonesia, Malaysia
RegionBorneo
EthnicityKenyah
Native speakers
50,000 (2007–2013)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3xkl
Glottologmain1275

Mainstream Kenyah also known as Bakung is a Kayan language dialect cluster of East Kalimantan and Sarawak. Dialects fall into four clusters:

  • Lepo’ Tau, Lepo’ Bem, Uma’ Jalan, Uma’ Tukung[2]
  • Lepo’ Ke, Lepo’ Kuda
  • Lepo’ Maut, Lepo’ Ndang, Badeng (Madang)[3]
  • Bakung, Lepo’ Tepu’ (Lepo Teppu’).

References

  1. ^ Kenyah at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ also Lepo Jengan, Lepo Aga, Uma Ake, Lepo Ga, Lepo La’ang, Sambup, and Likan
  3. ^ also Lepo Jamok