Penan-Nibong language

For other languages known as "Penan" or "Punan", see Punan language (disambiguation)
Nibong
Penan
Native to Malaysia, Brunei
Region Sarawak, Borneo
Ethnicity Penan people
Native speakers
 ca. 13,000 (2007–2011)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
pez – Eastern Penan
pne – Western Penan
Glottolog east2485  (Eastern)[2]
west2563  (Western)[3]

Penan, also known as Punan-Nibong, is a language complex spoken by the Penan people of Borneo. They are related to the Kenyah languages. Glottolog shows Western Penan as closer to Sebop than it is to Eastern Penan.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Eastern Penan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Western Penan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Eastern Penan". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. 1 2 Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Western Penan". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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