Bukar Sadong language

Bukar, is a Dayak language of Borneo. McGinn (2009) proposes that it is the closest relative of the divergent Rejang language of Sumatra.[3]

Bukar
Native toMalaysia, Indonesia
RegionBorneo
Native speakers
49,000 in Malaysia (2000 census)[1]
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3sdo
Glottologbuka1257[2]

References

  1. Bukar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bukar-Sadung Bidayuh". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. McGinn, Richard (2009) "Out-of-Borneo subgrouping hypothesis for Rejang". In Adelaar & Pawley, eds, Austronesian historical linguistics and culture history
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