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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Malaysia (Sarawak) > Sian

Sian

A language of Malaysia (Sarawak)

ISO 639-3spg

Population  50 (2000 S. Wurm).
Region  Belaga, 7th Division.
Language map  Brunei and Malaysia - Sarawak, reference number 48
Alternate names   Sihan
Dialects  May be intelligible with Bukitan [bkn], Ukit [umi], Punan Batu 1 [pnm].
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, Melanau-Kajang, Kajang
Comments  Nearly extinct.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

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