Page Type: languageBasap | Ethnologue

BDB ISO 639-3

Basap

A language of Indonesia

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Bosap
Population
15,000 (2007 SIL).
Location:
East Kalimantan and North Kalimantan provinces: Berau, Bulungan, Kutai Kartanegara, Penajam Paser Utara, and Kutai Timur regencies, scattered.
Language Status
6b* (Threatened).
Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, Rejang-Sajau
Dialects
Jembayan, Bulungan, Berau, Dumaring, Binatang, Karangan.
Language Use
Parents use Indonesian [ind] with children to help prepare them for school (2012 A. Guerrerio). Home, community, religion.
Other Comments
Traditional religion, Christian.

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Location: East Kalimantan and North Kalimantan provinces: Berau, Bulungan, Kutai Kartanegara, Penajam Paser Utara, and Kutai Timur regencies, scattered.