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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Indonesia (Kalimantan) > Kenyah, Mainstream

Kenyah, Mainstream

A language of Indonesia (Kalimantan)

ISO 639-3: xkl
This ISO 639-3 code has undergone change through the merging of one or more retired code elements. For more information, see the code change history documentation.

Population  12,000 in Indonesia (2007), decreasing. Population total all countries: 32,000.
Region  East Kalimantan Province, Malinau Regency, Pimping, Long Setulang, Batu Kajang, Long Uli, Long Belua villages, Kayan, Mahakam, Upper Baram, Bahau, Upper Balui, Malinau, Belayan, and Telen river areas. Also in Malaysia (Sarawak).
Language maps  Indonesia, Kalimantan, reference number 39
Indonesia, Kalimantan, reference number 39
Alternate names   Usun Apau Kenyah, Highland Kenyah
Dialects  Lepo’ Tau, Lepo’ Bem, Uma’ Jalan, Uma’ Tukung, Lepo’ Ke, Lepo’ Kuda, Lepo’ Maut, Lepo’ Ndang, Badeng, Bakung, Lepo’ Tepu’.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, North Sarawakan, Kayan-Kenyah, Kenyah
Language use  Trade language. Vigorous. Lepo’ Tau used as L2 by Lebu Kulit [whk], Uma Lung [ulu], Uma Lasan [xky].
Language development  NT: 1978.

Also spoken in:

Malaysia (Sarawak)

Language name   Kenyah, Mainstream
Population  20,000 in Malaysia (2008).
Region  South central, near Kalimantan border.
Language map  Brunei and Malaysia - Sarawak, reference number 45
Alternate names  Bakong, Bakung, Bakung Kenya, Bakung Kenyah
Dialects  Oga Bakung.