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Deyah
Daiah Deah Deyah Daiak Deak Deyak
Native to	Indonesia
Region	South Kalimantan
Ethnicity	Deah
Native speakers	(20,000 cited 1981)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Barito East Barito Central–South East Barito Deyah
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dun
Glottolog	dusu1271

Daiah, Deah, Deyah, Daiak, Deak, Deyak is an Austronesian language belonging to the eastern branch of the Barito language family, natively spoken by the Deah – a Dayak ethnic group native to the South Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is indigenously spoken specifically in Tabalong Regency across two districts, namely Haruai and Muara Uya, at the villages of Kinarum, Kaong, Pangelak, Bilas, and Mangkopom.

Further reading

• Djantera Kawi; Durdje Durasid; Aris Djinal (1983). Struktur Bahasa Dusun Deyah [Dusun Deyah Language Structure] (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa – via Repositori Institusi Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan.