Ibanic languages

Ibanic
Malayic Dayak
Geographic
distribution
western Borneo
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
Glottologiban1263  (Ibanic)

The Ibanic languages are a branch of the Malayic languages indigenous to western Borneo. They are spoken by the Ibans and related groups in East Malaysia and the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan. Other Dayak languages, called Land Dayak, which are not Ibanic, are found in the northwest corner of Kalimantan, between Ibanic and non-Ibanic Malayic languages such as Kendayan and the Malay dialects of Sarawak and Pontianak.

The term Ibanic is coined by Alfred B. Hudson, who was among the first to investigate the genetic affiliation of various languages lumped together under the name Dayak in West Borneo.[1] Ibanic has been variously classified as belonging to a larger "Malayic Dayak"[1] or "West Bornean Malayic"[2] subgroup along with Kendayan and related varieties, or as a part of the "Nuclear Malayic" subgroup alongside other Malay dialects.[3]

  1. ^ a b Hudson, Alfred B. (1970). "A Note on Selako: Malayic Dayak and Land Dayak Languages in Western Borneo". Sarawak Museum Journal. 18: 301–318.
  2. ^ Smith, Alexander D. (2017). The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification (PDF) (PhD Dissertation). University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D. (2004). "Notes on the Prehistory and Internal Subgrouping of Malayic". In Bowden, John; Himmelmann, Nikolaus (eds.). Papers in Austronesian Subgrouping and Dialectology. Pacific Linguistics 563. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 97–109. doi:10.15144/PL-563.97. hdl:1885/146183.

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