Uma’ Lasan

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A language of Malaysia

ISO 639-3
xky
Alternate Names
Kanyay, Kenja, Kindjin, Kinjin, Western Kenya, Western Kenyah
Population

1,250 in Malaysia (Wurm and Hattori 1981). Population total all countries: 2,750.

Location

Sarawak, Balui, Belaga, Kalua, Kemena rivers. Sungai Asap resettlement camp. Also in Indonesia.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, North Sarawakan, Kayan-Kenyah, Kenyah, Upper Pujungan
Dialects

Uma’ Alim, Uma’ Baka, Uma’ Lasan. Lexical similarity: 80% with Badeng and Lepu Kulit dialects of Mainstream Kanyah [xkl].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Uma’ Lasan
Writing
Unwritten.

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