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

Tawoyan

A language of Indonesia (Kalimantan)

ISO 639-3twy

Population  20,000 (Wurm and Hattori 1981).
Region  East Central around Palori.
Language map  Indonesia, Kalimantan, reference number 67
Alternate names   Tabojan, Tabojan Tongka, Taboyan, Tabuyan, Tawoyan Dayak, Tewoyan
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 77% with Lawangan [lbx], 52% with Dusun Deyah.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Barito, East, North
Language development  Grammar. Bible portions: 1985.
Writing system  Latin script.