Bintulu language

Bintulu
Native to	Malaysia
Region	Sarawak
Native speakers	unknown (4,200 cited 1981)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian North Bornean North Sarawakan Baram? Bintulu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`bny`
Glottolog	`bint1246`^[2]

Bintulu is an Austronesian language of Borneo. Blust (1974, 2010) leaves it as an isolate within the North Sarawakan languages. Ethnologue notes that it might be closest to Baram within those languages.^[1]

External links

Paradisec has an open access collection of Bintulu language recordings made by Robert Blust.

References

1 2 Bintulu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Bintulu". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Bornean languages

North Bornean

Sabahan

Unclassified	Dumpas

North Sarawakan

Unclassified	Bintulu

Sama-Bajaw ?	Abaknon Bajaw Sinama Pangutaran Sama

Bold indicates languages with more than 1 million speakers
? indicates classification dispute
† indicates extinct status

Languages of Malaysia

Main

Official	Malaysian

Recognised	English (Differences)

Significant
minority

Chinese	Sino-Tibetan Cantonese Eastern Min Fuqing Fuzhou Hokkien Mandarin Chinese Malaysian Mandarin Pu-Xian Min Penang Hokkien Southern Peninsular Malaysian Hokkien Yue Chinese

Indian	Dravidian Malayalam Tamil Malaysian Tamil Telugu Indo-European Gujarati Hindi Punjabi Urdu

Families

Creoles

Natives &
Indigenous

Nationwide	Banjar Buginese Javanese Malay (Malayan)

Peninsular Malaysia	Baba Malay Batek Baweanese Cheq Wong Chetty Malay Duano’ Jah Hut Jahai Jakun Kedah Malay Kelantan-Pattani Malay Kenaboi¹ Kensiu Kintaq Kristang Lanoh Mah Meri Minriq Mintil Mos Negeri Sembilan Malay Orang Kanaq Orang Seletar Pahang Malay Perak Malay Rawa Malay Sabüm¹ Semai Semaq Beri Semelai Semnam Southern Thai Temiar Temoq² Temuan Terengganu Malay Wila'¹

East Malaysia	Abai Bahau Bajaw Balau Belait Berawan Biatah Bintulu Bonggi Bookan Bruneian/Kedayan Malay Brunei Bisaya Bukar Sadong Bukitan Coastal Kadazan Cocos Malay Daro-Matu Dumpas Dusun Eastern Kadazan Gana’ Iban Ida'an Iranun Jagoi Jangkang Kajaman Kalabakan Kanowit Kayan Kelabit Kendayan Keningau Murut Kinabatangan Kiput Klias River Kadazan Kota Marudu Talantang Kuijau Lahanan Lelak¹ Lengilu¹ Lotud Lun Bawang Mainstream Kenyah Maranao Melanau Molbog Momogun Murik Kayan Narom Nonukan Tidong Okolod Paluan Papar Punan Batu² Penan Remun Sa'ban Sabah Bisaya Sabah Malay Sama Sarawak Malay Sebop Sebuyau Sekapan Selungai Murut Sembakung Seru¹ Serudung Sian Suluk Sungai Tagol Timugon Tombonuwo Tring Tringgus Tutoh Ukit² Uma’ Lasan

Mixed

Immigrants

Signs

Main	Malaysian Sign Language (Manually Coded Malay)

By states	Penang Sign Language Selangor Sign Language

¹ Extinct languages. ² Nearly extinct languages.

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