Keninjal language explained

Keninjal
States:Indonesia
Region:Borneo
Speakers:32,000
Date:2007
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Malayic
Fam4:Ibanic?
Iso3:knl
Glotto:keni1248
Glottorefname:Keninjal

Keninjal (Dayak Kaninjal) is a Malayic Dayak language of Borneo. Glottolog classifies Keninjal as a Western Malayic Dayak language alongside Kendayan, but Smith (2017) includes it in the Ibanic branch of Malayic based on phonological evidence.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Smith . Alexander . 2017 . The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification . Ph.D. Dissertation . University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa . 26 May 2019.