The Tamanic languages are a small group spoken in Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, on the island of Borneo. Despite their location, they are not closely related to neighboring Bornean languages, instead belonging to the South Sulawesi branch of Austronesian, likely sharing a common branch with Buginese; the group comprises Embaloh, which includes Kalis, and Taman.
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1. Glottolog: Tamanic (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 2
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"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
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The Tamanic languages are a small group of languages of Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan spoken by the respective subgroups of Dayaks: Embaloh (incl. Kalis) and Taman (Taman Dayak).
Wikidata: Tamanic languages
Wikidata Q2761581, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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