Barito language

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The Barito language is a member of the Austronesian language family spoken in the Barito River region of southern Borneo, encompassing several related local languages.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
language group
closelyRelatedTo Bakumpai language NERFINISHED
Dusun Malang language NERFINISHED
Dusun Witu language NERFINISHED
Lawangan language NERFINISHED
Maanyan language NERFINISHED
Ngaju language NERFINISHED
geographicDistribution Borneo NERFINISHED
Kalimantan NERFINISHED
hasContactWith Banjar language NERFINISHED
Indonesian language
hasDialectalVariation high
hasEthnicAssociation Dayak peoples of southern Borneo NERFINISHED
hasInfluenceOn lexicon of Malagasy language through Barito subgroup ancestors
hasLinguisticAncestor Proto-Austronesian language
hasMorphologicalFeature affixation for voice and valency
reduplication for derivation and plurality
hasOralLiterature myths and legends of Barito River peoples
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length in some varieties
simple consonant inventory compared to many non-Austronesian languages
hasResearchFieldworkBy Austronesian linguists
hasSemanticDomainStrength riverine and forest-related vocabulary
hasStatus regional language
hasSubgroup East Barito languages NERFINISHED
North Barito languages NERFINISHED
Southeast Barito languages NERFINISHED
West Barito languages NERFINISHED
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
isEndangeredInPartsOf southern Borneo
isPartOf linguistic diversity of Borneo
isPrimarilyOral true
isRegionalGroupingOf several related local languages
isSubjectOf comparative Austronesian historical linguistics research
languageFamilyBranchOf Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
memberOf Austronesian language family NERFINISHED
namedAfter Barito River NERFINISHED
regionallyClassifiedBy Indonesian linguistic surveys
spokenIn Barito River region
Indonesia
southern Borneo
typologically predominantly SVO word order
undergoesShiftTo Indonesian language in some communities
usedFor local interethnic communication in Barito River region
usedInDomain home and community communication
oral tradition and folklore

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Dusun Witu language subclassOf Barito language
Lawangan language subclassOf Barito language
Sampit language subclassOf Barito language