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Iban language

Index Iban language

The Iban language (jaku Iban) is spoken by the Iban, a branch of the Dayak ethnic group formerly known as "Sea Dayak" who live in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan and in Brunei. [1]

48 relations: Austronesian languages, Back vowel, Betong Division, Borneo, Brunei, Central vowel, Circumfix, Close vowel, Close-mid vowel, Clusivity, Darrell Tryon, Dayak people, Demonstrative, Dual (grammatical number), Dunging script, Front vowel, Grammatical number, Grammatical person, Iban people, Ibanic languages, Indonesia, Infix, Julau District, Latin alphabet, Latin script, Lubok Antu District, Malay language, Malayic languages, Malayo-Polynesian languages, Malaysia, Mualang language, Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages, Open vowel, Pakan District, Pelagus, Plural, Prefix, Remun language, Saratok, Sarawak, Sarawak Malay, Sebuyau language, Second language, Sri Aman, Suffix, Sumatra, Universiti Teknologi MARA, West Kalimantan.

Austronesian languages

The Austronesian languages are a language family that is widely dispersed throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar and the islands of the Pacific Ocean, with a few members in continental Asia.

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Back vowel

A back vowel is any in a class of vowel sound used in spoken languages.

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Betong Division

Betong Division, formed on 26 March 2002, is one of the twelve administrative divisions in Sarawak, Malaysia.

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Borneo

Borneo (Pulau Borneo) is the third largest island in the world and the largest in Asia.

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Brunei

Brunei, officially the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace (Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi), is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia.

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Central vowel

A central vowel is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.

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Circumfix

A circumfix (abbreviated) or confix is an affix which has two parts, one placed at the start of a word, and the other at the end.

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Close vowel

A close vowel, also known as a high vowel (in American terminology), is any in a class of vowel sound used in many spoken languages.

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Close-mid vowel

A close-mid vowel (also mid-close vowel, high-mid vowel, mid-high vowel or half-close vowel) is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.

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Clusivity

In linguistics, clusivity is a grammatical distinction between inclusive and exclusive first-person pronouns and verbal morphology, also called inclusive "we" and exclusive "we".

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Darrell Tryon

Darrell T. Tryon (20 July 1942 – 15 May 2013) was a New Zealand-born linguist, academic, and specialist in Austronesian languages.

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Dayak people

The Dayak or Dyak or Dayuh are the native people of Borneo.

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Demonstrative

Demonstratives (abbreviated) are words, such as this and that, used to indicate which entities are being referred to and to distinguish those entities from others.

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Dual (grammatical number)

Dual (abbreviated) is a grammatical number that some languages use in addition to singular and plural.

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Dunging script

The Dunging script is a script used to write the Iban language of Borneo.

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Front vowel

A front vowel is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages, its defining characteristic being that the highest point of the tongue is positioned relatively in front in the mouth without creating a constriction that would make it a consonant.

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Grammatical number

In linguistics, grammatical number is a grammatical category of nouns, pronouns, and adjective and verb agreement that expresses count distinctions (such as "one", "two", or "three or more").

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Grammatical person

Grammatical person, in linguistics, is the grammatical distinction between deictic references to participant(s) in an event; typically the distinction is between the speaker (first person), the addressee (second person), and others (third person).

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Iban people

The Ibans or Sea Dayaks are a branch of the Dayak peoples of Borneo.

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Ibanic languages

The Ibanic or Malayic Dayak languages are a branch of the Malayic languages indigenous to western Borneo.

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Indonesia

Indonesia (or; Indonesian), officially the Republic of Indonesia (Republik Indonesia), is a transcontinental unitary sovereign state located mainly in Southeast Asia, with some territories in Oceania.

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Infix

An infix is an affix inserted inside a word stem (an existing word).

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Julau District

Julau is a town, and the capital of the Julau District (1703.39 square kilometres) in Sarikei Division, Sarawak, Malaysia.

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Latin alphabet

The Latin alphabet or the Roman alphabet is a writing system originally used by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language.

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Latin script

Latin or Roman script is a set of graphic signs (script) based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, which is derived from a form of the Cumaean Greek version of the Greek alphabet, used by the Etruscans.

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Lubok Antu District

Lubok Antu is a district in the Sri Aman Division of the state of Sarawak, Malaysia.

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Malay language

Malay (Bahasa Melayu بهاس ملايو) is a major language of the Austronesian family spoken in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.

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Malayic languages

The Malayic languages are a branch of the Austronesian family.

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Malayo-Polynesian languages

The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 385.5 million speakers.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia.

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Mualang language

Mualang is a Ibanic Dayak language of Borneo.

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Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages

The Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages are a putative branch of the Austronesian family, proposed by Wouk & Ross (2002), that are thought to have dispersed from a possible homeland in Sulawesi.

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Open vowel

An open vowel is a vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned as far as possible from the roof of the mouth.

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Pakan District

Pakan is a small town and also a district in Sarawak, Malaysia.

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Pelagus

Pelagus is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1969.

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Plural

The plural (sometimes abbreviated), in many languages, is one of the values of the grammatical category of number.

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Prefix

A prefix is an affix which is placed before the stem of a word.

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Remun language

Remun, or Milikin, is a Ibanic Dayak language of Borneo.

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Saratok

Saratok is a town, and the capital of the Saratok District (1,586.9 square kilometres) in Betong Division, Sarawak, East Malaysia in the island of Borneo.

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Sarawak

Sarawak is a state of Malaysia.

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Sarawak Malay

Sarawak Malay (Standard Malay: Bahasa Melayu Sarawak or Bahasa Sarawak, Jawi: بهاس ملايو سراوق, Sarawak Malay: Kelakar Sarawak) is a Malayan language native to the State of Sarawak, Malaysia.

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Sebuyau language

Sebuyau is a Malayic Dayak language of Borneo.

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Second language

A person's second language or L2, is a language that is not the native language of the speaker, but that is used in the locale of that person.

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Sri Aman

Sri Aman is a market town and port, and the capital of Sri Aman District and Sri Aman Division in Sarawak, east Malaysia.

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Suffix

In linguistics, a suffix (sometimes termed postfix) is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word.

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Sumatra

Sumatra is an Indonesian island in Southeast Asia that is part of the Sunda Islands.

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Universiti Teknologi MARA

Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM; MARA University of Technology) is a public university in Malaysia based primarily in Shah Alam.

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West Kalimantan

West Kalimantan (Kalimantan Barat, Malay: كليمنتان بارت,; Hakka: Sî-Kâ-lí-màn-tân; Teochew: Sai-Gia-li-man-dang) is a province of Indonesia.

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Redirects here:

Balau language, ISO 639:blg, ISO 639:iba.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iban_language

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