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]