Penan language

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]

Nibong
Penan
Native toMalaysia, Brunei
RegionSarawak, Borneo
EthnicityPenan people
Native speakers
ca. 13,000 (2007–2011)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
pez  Eastern Penan
pne  Western Penan
Glottologeast2485  Eastern
west2563  Western

References

  1. Eastern Penan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Western Penan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Western Penan". Glottolog 4.3.
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