Land Dayak languages explained

Land Dayak
Also Known As:	Bidayuh
Region:	Borneo, Sumatra
Ethnicity:	Bidayuh
Familycolor:	Austronesian
Fam2:	Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:	Greater North Borneo ?
Child1:	Bekati
Child2:	Bida
Child3:	Southern
Child4:	(Rejang)
Iso2:	day
Iso5:	day
Glotto:	land1261
Glottorefname:	Land Dayak

The Land Dayak languages are a group of dozen or so languages spoken by the Bidayuh Land Dayaks of Borneo, and by some, also spoken by the Rejang people of southwestern Sumatra.

Languages

Glottolog

Glottolog classifies the Land Dayak languages as follows.

• Benyadu-Bekati: Bekati (Bekatiq), Sara, Lara (Rara), Benyadu
• Bidayuh:
  • Bukar–Sadong (Serian)
  • Biatah–Tringgus, Jagoi (Bau and Jagoi Babang district of Bengkayang Regency)

In 2020, Semandang was split into Beginci, Gerai, and Semandang for ISO 639-3 by SIL International.^[1]

Smith (2017)

Smith (2017)^[2] classifies the Land Dayak languages as follows.

• Banyadu-Bekati (Banyadu, Bekati, Rara, Lara)
• Bidayuh-Southern Land Dayak
  • Bidayuh (Bau-Jagoi, Bukar-Sadong, Sungkung, Hliboi, Biatah)
  • Southern Land Dayak (Golik, Jangkang, Ribun, Sanggau, Simpang)

West Kalimantan groups

See main article: List of Dayak groups of West Kalimantan. List of Bidayuh-speaking Dayak ethnic subgroups and their respective languages in West Kalimantan province, Indonesia:^{[3] [4]}

Group	Subgroup	Language	Regency
			Landak
			Sanggau
	Bakati' Kanayatn Satango		Bengkayang
	Bakati' Kuma		Bengkayang?
	Bakati' Lape		Bengkayang
	Bakati' Lumar		Bengkayang
	Bakati' Palayo		Bengkayang
	Bakati' Payutn		Bengkayang
	Bakati' Rara		Sambas, Bengkayang
	Bakati' Riok		Bengkayang
	Bakati' Sara		Bengkayang
	Bakati' Sebiha'		Bengkayang
	Bakati' Subah		Sambas, Bengkayang
	Bakati' Tari'		Bengkayang
		Balantiatn-Banyadu'	Sanggau, Landak
			Bengkayang, Landak
			Sanggau
		Bubung (Badeneh)	Landak
			Bengkayang
			Sanggau
		Entabang/Entebang	Sanggau
			Sanggau
			Sanggau
			Sanggau
		Jagoi (Bidoi')	Bengkayang
	Jangkang Benua		Sanggau
	Jangkang Engkarong		Sanggau
	Jangkang Jungur Tanjung		Sanggau
	Jangkang Kopa		Sanggau
	Padakng		Landak
		Kancikng (Bemedeh)	Ketapang, Sanggau
		Keneles (Bekay)	Sanggau
			Sanggau
			Sanggau
			Sekadau
			Bengkayang
			Ketapang
			Sanggau
			Bengkayang
			Sanggau, Landak, Ketapang
			Sekadau
			Sanggau
			Sanggau
			Sanggau
			Landak
			Sanggau
			Sanggau
			Sanggau
			Sanggau
			Sanggau
			Landak
			Sanggau
			Landak
			Sanggau
		Selibong (Bamak)	Landak
			Sanggau
			Landak
			Bengkayang, Sanggau
	Banyur		Ketapang
	Kualatn		Ketapang
	Sajan		Ketapang
	Semanakng		Ketapang
			Sanggau
			Sanggau
			Bengkayang
			Sanggau
			Bengkayang
			Bengkayang
			Bengkayang
			Landak

Some possible Bidayuh-speaking Dayak ethnic subgroups and their respective languages in West Kalimantan province, Indonesia:

Group	Subgroup	Language	Regency
			Sanggau
			Sanggau
			Sanggau
			Sanggau
			Sanggau
			Ketapang

Bibliography

• Noeb, Jonas; Rensch, Calvin R.; Rensch, Carolyn M.; Ridu, Robert Sulis. 2012. The Bidayuh Language: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Revised and Expanded). SIL Electronic Survey Report. SIL International.

External links

• Digitized works on Land Dayak at the SOAS Library

Notes and References

1. Web site: ISO 639-3 Change Requests Series 2019Summary of Outcomes with Additions . en . June 6, 2020 . May 15, 2020 . . Lyons . Melinda.
2. Smith, Alexander. 2017. The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification. PhD Dissertation: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
3. Bamba, John (ed.) (2008). Mozaik Dayak keberagaman subsuku dan bahasa Dayak di Kalimantan Barat. Pontianak: Institut Dayakologi. .
4. Istiyani, Chatarina Pancer (2008). Memahami peta keberagaman subsuku dan bahasa Dayak di Kalimantan Barat. Institut Dayakologi.