Narom language
Appearance
Narom | |
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Region | Sarawak, Malaysia. |
Ethnicity | 4,000 (2012)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nrm |
Glottolog | naro1251 |
Narom language (sometimes spelled Narum) is a Malayo-Polynesian language of the Lower Baram branch. It is spoken by some 2,420[2] Narom people in Sarawak, East Malaysia, and particularly in the Miri Division and the area south of Baram River mouth. The language has two dialects.
References
- ^ Narom language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Wurm, Stephen A. and Shiro Hattori (eds.) (1981). Language Atlas of the Pacific Area. Australian Academy of the Humanities in collaboration with the Japan Academy, Canberra, ISBN 0-85883-239-9