Melanau language

Melanau
Melanau
Central Melanau
Native to	Malaysia, Brunei
Region	Sarawak and neighbouring Brunei
Ethnicity	Melanau people
Native speakers	110,000 (2000)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian North Bornean Melanau–Kajang Melanau languages Melanau; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; mel – Central Melanau; dro – Daro-Matu Melanau; sdx – Sibu Melanau
Glottolog	cent2101 Central; daro1239 Daro-Matu; sibu1258 Sibu
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Melanau is an Austronesian language spoken in the coastal area of the Rajang delta on northwest Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia and Brunei. There are several dialects—Mukah-Oya, Balingian, Bruit, Dalat, Lawas, Igan, Sarikei, Segahan, Prehan, Segalang, and Siteng.^[2]

^ Central Melanau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Daro-Matu Melanau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Sibu Melanau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

[e18-1] Central Melanau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Daro-Matu Melanau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Sibu Melanau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

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