Basap
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A language of Indonesia
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Bosap
Population
15,000 (2007 SIL).
Location
Kalimantan Timur and Kalimantan Utara provinces: Berau, Bulungan, Kutai Kartanegara, Penajam Paser Utara, and Kutai Timur regencies, scattered.
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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.
Language Resources
Traditional religion, Christian.