East Barito languages
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.
| East Barito | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | south Borneo (Indonesia), Madagascar |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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| Glottolog | east2713[1] |
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.
Footnotes
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "East Greater Barito". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
References
- Blust, Robert. 2006. 'The linguistic macrohistory of the Philippines'. In Liao & Rubino, eds, Current Issues in Philippine Linguistics and Anthropology. pp 31–68.
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