Kenyah | |
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Geographic distribution |
Borneo |
Linguistic classification | Austronesian |
Glottolog | kaya1332 (partial match) |
The Kenyah languages are a group of half a dozen or so closely related languages spoken by the Kenyah peoples of Borneo. They are:
Ethnologue says that the Punan–Nibong languages are related to Uma’ Lasan, Glottolog that they are outside the Kenyah languages.
Soriente (2008) proposes a Kayan-Kenyah grouping.
However, Smith (2015) rejects Soriente's grouping, and argues that Kenyah and Kayan are separate groups. Smith (2015) proposes the following classification.