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| Kanowit | |
|---|---|
| Tanjong | |
| Native to | Malaysia, Brunei |
| Region | Sarawak and neighboring Brunei |
| Ethnicity | Melanau people |
Native speakers | (200 cited 2000)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kxn |
| Glottolog | kano1244 |
| ELP | Kanowit-Tanjong |
The Kanowit language, also called Serau Tet Kanowit (language of the Kanowit people), is an Austronesian language spoken in Sarawak, Malaysia on the island of Borneo. It is mutually intelligible with the Tanjong (alternatively spelled Tanjung) language, which is spoken even further upriver near the town of Kapit. Tanjong may be a separate language from Kanowit. However, both languages currently share the denomination kxn in ISO 639-3.[2] Kanowit is primarily spoken in Kampung Bedil, a village located approximately one mile up the Rajang River from Kanowit Town.[3]
- ^ Kanowit at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Kanowit-Tanjong". The Endangered Languages Project. 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ Smith, Alexander D. (2017). The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii at Manoa. p. 13.