Mainstream Kenyah language

Kenyah
Kenyah
Lepo’
Bakung
Native to	Indonesia, Malaysia
Region	Borneo
Ethnicity	Kenyah
Native speakers	50,000 (2007–2013)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian North Bornean North Sarawakan Kenyah languages Kenyah; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xkl
Glottolog	main1275

Mainstream Kenyah also known as Usun Apau and Bakung, is a Kayan dialect cluster of North Kalimantan and Sarawak. Dialects fall into four clusters:

Lepo’ Tau, Lepo’ Bem, Uma’ Jalan, Uma’ Tukung^[2]
Lepo’ Ke, Lepo’ Kuda
Lepo’ Maut, Lepo’ Ndang, Badeng (Madang)^[3]
Bakung, Lepo’ Tepu’ (Lepo Teppu’).

References[]

^ Kenyah at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ also Lepo Jengan, Lepo Aga, Uma Ake, Lepo Ga, Lepo La’ang, Sambup, and Likan
^ also Lepo Jamok

External links[]

Kaipuleohone's archive of Robert Blust's work includes notes on Kenyah language

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[e18-1] Kenyah at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] so Lepo Jengan, Lepo Aga, Uma Ake, Lepo Ga, Lepo La’ang, Sambup, and Likan

[3] so Lepo Jamok

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Kenyah
Lepo’
Bakung
Native to	Indonesia, Malaysia
Region	Borneo
Ethnicity	Kenyah
Native speakers	50,000 (2007–2013)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian North Bornean North Sarawakan Kenyah languages Kenyah
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`xkl`
Glottolog	`main1275`