Bidayuh, Tringgus-Sembaan

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A language of Malaysia

ISO 639-3
trx
Alternate Names
Tringus
Population

850 in Malaysia (2007 Z. Akter).

Location

Sarawak, southwest of Kuching, south of the Bau Bidayuh [sne] language area, on Kalimantan border. Also in Indonesia.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Land Dayak, Bidayuh, Core, Sembaan
Dialects

Mbaan (Bimbaan, Sembaan), Tringgus. Each dialect has a few villages. More similar to Biatah Bidayuh [bth] than to Bau Bidayuh [sne]. Gumbang [sne] may be a Tringgus-Sembaan Bidayuh [trx] dialect rather than a Bau Bidayuh [sne] dialect.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bidayuh, Tringgus-Sembaan
Writing
Unwritten.
Other Comments

A different language from Tring [tgq].