Bidayuh, Tringgus-Sembaan

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A language of Malaysia

ISO 639-3
trx
Alternate Names
Tringus
Population

850 in Malaysia (2007 Z. Akter).

Location

Sarawak: southwest of Kuching on Kalimantan border.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Land Dayak, Bidayuh, Core, Sembaan
Dialects

Tringgus, Mbaan (Bimbaan, Sembaan). Each dialect has a few villages. Reportedly more similar to Biatah Bidayuh [bth] than to Bau Bidayuh [sne]. Gumbang [sne] may be a Tringgus-Sembaan Bidayuh [trx] dialect rather than a Bau Bidayuh [sne] dialect.

Language Use

Some young people, all adults.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bidayuh, Tringgus-Sembaan
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

A different language from Tring [tgq].

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