Narom language explained

Narom
Nativename:Bhasa Narom
Region:Sarawak, Malaysia.
Ethnicity:4,000 (2012)
Speakers:?
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:North Bornean
Fam4:North Sarawakan
Fam5:Berawan–Lower Baram
Fam6:Lower Baram
Fam7:Lelak–Narom
Dia1:Bakong
Dia2:Daliʼ
Dia3:Miriʼ
Iso3:nrm
Glotto:naro1251
Glottorefname:Narom

Narom language (sometimes spelled Narum) is a Malayo-Polynesian language of the Lower Baram branch. It is spoken by some 2,420[1] Narom people in Sarawak, Malaysia, and particularly in the Miri Division and the area south of Baram River mouth, and maybe in Indonesia border areas with Malaysia. The language has three dialects, Bakong, Daliʼ and Miriʼ.

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Notes and References

  1. 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,