Penan language
(Redirected from Eastern Penan language)
| Nibong | |
|---|---|
| Penan | |
| Native to | Malaysia, Brunei |
| Region | Sarawak, Borneo |
| Ethnicity | Penan people |
Native speakers | ca. 13,000 (2007–2011)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:pez – Eastern Penanpne – Western Penan |
| Glottolog | east2485 Easternwest2563 Western |
| ELP | Eastern 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.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Eastern Penan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Western Penan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Western Penan". Glottolog 4.3.
External links
[edit]
Wikivoyage has a phrasebook for Penan.
- ELAR archive of Eastern Penan
.jpg){kind=small} | This Austronesian languages-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |