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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Indonesia (Kalimantan) > Bukitan

Bukitan

A language of Indonesia (Kalimantan)

ISO 639-3bkn

Population  570 in Indonesia (2000). Population total all countries: 860.
Region  East Kalimantan Province, Iwan River, Sarawak border. Also in Malaysia (Sarawak).
Language maps  Indonesia, Kalimantan, reference number 15
Indonesia, Kalimantan, reference number 15
Alternate names   Bakatan, Bakitan, Beketan, Mangkettan, Manketa, Pakatan
Dialects  Punan Ukit, Punan Busang.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, Melanau-Kajang, Kajang
Comments  Christian.

Also spoken in:

Malaysia (Sarawak)

Language name   Bukitan
Population  290 in Malaysia (2000).
Region  Kapit, 7th Division.
Language map  Brunei and Malaysia - Sarawak, reference number 46
Alternate names  Bakatan, Bakitan, Beketan, Mangkettan, Manketa, Pakatan
 

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

RENSCH, Calvin R., author. 2012. "Melanau and the Languages of Central Sarawak."  Available online