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Keninjal language

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Keninjal
Native toIndonesia
RegionBorneo
Native speakers
32,000 (2007)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3knl
Glottologkeni1248

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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Keninjal at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Smith, Alexander (2017). The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification (PDF) (Ph.D. Dissertation). University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Retrieved 26 May 2019.