Penan language explained

Nibong
Nativename:Penan
States:Malaysia, Brunei
Region:Sarawak, Borneo
Ethnicity:Penan people
Speakers:ca.
Date:2007–2011
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:North Bornean
Fam4:North Sarawakan
Fam5:Kenyah?
Lc1:pez
Ld1:Eastern Penan
Lc2:pne
Ld2:Western Penan
Glotto:east2485
Glottoname:Eastern
Glottorefname:Eastern Penan
Glotto2:west2563
Glottoname2:Western
Glottorefname2:Western Penan

Penan, also known as Punan-Nibong, is a language complex spoken by the Penan people of Borneo. They are related to the Kenyah languages. Glottolog shows Western Penan as closer to Sebop than it is to Eastern Penan.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hammarström. Harald. Forke. Robert. Haspelmath. Martin. Bank. Sebastian. 2020. Western Penan . Glottolog 4.3.