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Sajau Basap language

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Sajau
Sajau Basap, Sajau-Latti
Native toIndonesia
RegionBorneo
Native speakers
(6,000 cited 1981)[1]
Dialects
  • Punan Sajau
  • Punan Basap
  • Punan Batu
  • Latti
Language codes
ISO 639-3sjb
Glottologsaja1241  Sajau-Latti
lata1235  Latala

Sajau, Sajau Basap, or Sajau-Latti is an Austronesian language spoken by the Punan Sajau and Punan Basap people of Borneo in Indonesia.

The Punan Sajau preserve a song language known as Basa Latala.[2]

References

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  1. Sajau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Blevins, Juliette; Kaufman, Daniel (June 2024). "Austronesian Lexemes in Basa Latala of Borneo: A Punan Sajau Song Language". Oceanic Linguistics. 63 (1): 182–201. doi:10.1353/ol.2024.a928207. ISSN 1527-9421.