Jakun language

Jakun
Jakun
Orang Hulu
Native to	Malaysia
Region	Johor, Pahang
Ethnicity	28,000 (2008)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Malayic Malayan Malay? Jakun; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Unwritten
Language codes
ISO 639-3	jak
Glottolog	jaku1244
ELP	Jakun

Jakun is an Austronesian language, perhaps a dialect of Malay, spoken in Malaysia. Specifically it is spoken on the east coast and inland of Peninsular Malaysia, around the Pairang River, from Pekan in Pahang to Sri Gading, east to Benut, northwest to middle Muar River area around the districts of Segamat, Muar and Ledang in Johor. It is also known as Djakun, Jakoon, Jaku’d, Jakud’n or Orang Hulu.^[2]

The language is native to the Jakun tribe belonging to the Proto-Malay branch of the indigenous natives of Malaysia, the Orang Asli.

References[]

^ Jakun language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Language-archives.org

External links[]

http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0004-1640-2@view Jakun in RWAAI Digital Archive

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[1] Jakun language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Language-archives.org

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