Land Dayak languages

Land Dayak
Bidayuh
Ethnicity:	Bidayuh
Geographic distribution:	Borneo, Sumatra
Linguistic classification:	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (Bornean) Land Dayak
Subdivisions:	Bekati’ Bidayuh Southern
ISO 639-2 / 5:	day
Glottolog:	land1261

The Land Dayak languages are a group of dozen or so languages spoken by the Bidayuh Land Dayaks of Borneo, with a single language in Sumatra.

Languages

Glottolog classifies the languages as follows:

• Bekati’: Bekati’ (Bekatiq), Sara, Lara’ (Rara)
• Bidayuh
  • Bukar Sadong, Rejang (in Sumatra)
  • Biatah–Tringgus, Jagoi (Bau)
• Southern: Djongkang, Kembayan, Semandang, Ribun
• Benyadu’
• Sanggau

References

• Noeb, Jonas; Rensch, Calvin R.; Rensch, Carolyn M.; Ridu, Robert Sulis. 2012. The Bidayuh Language: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Revised and Expanded). SIL Electronic Survey Report. SIL International.