West Barito languages

West Barito
Geographic distribution:	south Borneo
Linguistic classification:	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (Barito) West Barito

Glottolog:	`west2561`^[1]

The West Barito languages are a group of half a dozen Dayak (Austronesian) languages of Borneo. They are named after the Barito River.

The languages are,

North: Kohin, Dohoi (Ot Danum), Siang
South: Bakumpai, Ngaju

References

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "West Greater Barito". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Meyers, Jim, Ben Rice, Susan Rice and Heather Meyers. 2003. Report on the Seruyan River surveys in central Kalimantan: Kohin, Keninjal and Sebaun (Dohoi) languages. SIL Electronic Survey Report. SIL International.

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