Kenyah languages

E528639
Austronesian languages language group

The Kenyah languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily by the Kenyah people of Borneo, especially in parts of Indonesia and Malaysia.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Kalis-Kenyah language 1
Kenyah language 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian languages ⓘ
language group ⓘ
areCloselyRelatedTo Kayan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
areDocumentedIn ethnolinguistic surveys of Borneo ⓘ
areEndangered true ⓘ
areMinorityLanguagesIn Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
arePartOf Bornean linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ
areSpokenAlong Baram River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kayan River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mahakam River NERFINISHED ⓘ
areSubjectToLanguageShiftTowards Indonesian ⓘ
Malay NERFINISHED ⓘ
branchOf Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated Kenyah people NERFINISHED ⓘ
haveAlternativeName Kenyahic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
haveLinguisticFeature prefixation ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
suffixation ⓘ
word order SVO ⓘ
haveWritingSystem Latin script NERFINISHED ⓘ
includeVariety Kenyah Lepo’ Jalan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kenyah Lepo’ Maut NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kenyah Lepo’ Tau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kenyah Uma’ Baka’ NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kenyah Uma’ Jalan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kenyah Uma’ Kulit NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kenyah Uma’ Lasan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kenyah Uma’ Pawe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kenyah Uma’ Timai NERFINISHED ⓘ
ISO639-3MacroLanguageCode xdy ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
island of Borneo ⓘ
spokenBy Kenyah people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn Borneo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
Kalimantan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sabah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sarawak NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf Kayanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Bornean languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInDomain daily communication in rural communities ⓘ
ritual speech ⓘ
traditional oral literature ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tamanic languages → hasMember → Kenyah languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kalis-Kenyah language
Bornean languages → hasSubgroup → Kenyah languages ⓘ
Bornean languages → includesLanguage → Kenyah languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kenyah language
Kayan language → neighboringLanguages → Kenyah languages ⓘ
Kayanic languages → typologicallyRelatedTo → Kenyah languages ⓘ