KNL ISO 639-3
Keninjal
A language of Indonesia
- ISO 639
- knl
- Alternate Names
- Dayak Kaninjal, Kaninjal, Kaninjal Dayak
- Population
- 32,000 (2007 SIL).
- Location:
- Central Kalimantan province; West Kalimantan province: Gelalak, Nangaella, Nangapinoh, and Nangasayan town areas, and along Melawi and Sayan rivers.
- Language Status
- 6a* (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Chamic, Malayic
- Dialects
- Kubing. Lexical similarity: more than 80% with other “Malayic Dayak” dialects in Melawi Basin like Barai, Nanga Nuak, Kebahan, Ransa, Kenyilu, Limbai and Kubin.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Keninjal
- Writing
- Unwritten [Qaax].
- Other Comments
- Keninjal is one of many ill-defined “Malayic Dayak” varieties.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Central Kalimantan province; West Kalimantan province: Gelalak, Nangaella, Nangapinoh, and Nangasayan town areas, and along Melawi and Sayan rivers.
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