Basap

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ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Bosap

Population

15,000 (2007 SIL).

Location

Kalimantan Timur and Kalimantan Utara provinces, scattered in Bulungan, Berau, Kutai Timur, Kutai Kartanegara, and Penajam Paser Utara regencies.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification

Dialects

Jembayan, Bulungan, Berau, Dumaring, Binatang, Karangan.

Language Use

Parents use Indonesian [ind] with children to help prepare them for school (2012 A. Guerrerio). Home, community, religion.

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Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.