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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Malaysia (Sarawak) > Melanau, Sibu

Melanau, Sibu

A language of Malaysia (Sarawak)

ISO 639-3sdx

Population  420 (Wurm and Hattori 1981).
Region  Sibu, 3rd Division, Rejang River.
Language map  Brunei and Malaysia - Sarawak, reference number 41
Alternate names   Seduan-Banyok, Sibu, Siduan, Siduani
Dialects  Seduan, Banyok. May be intelligible with Central Melanau [mel].
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, Melanau-Kajang, Melanau

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

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