Paluan language

Paluan
Native to	Malaysia
Region	Borneo
Ethnicity	Murut
Native speakers	5,500 (2000)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian North Bornean Southwest Sabahan Murutic Northern Paluan
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`plz`
Glottolog	`palu1253`^[2]

Paluan is a language spoken by the Murut people of Borneo. The principal dialects are Paluan (Peluan) itself and Pandewan.

References

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

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.

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

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