MHY ISO 639-3
Ma’anyan
A language of Indonesia
- ISO 639
- mhy
- Alternate Names
- Ma’anjan, Maanyak Dayak
- Population
- 150,000 (2003).
- Location:
- Central Kalimantan province: Barito Selatan and Barito Timur regencies, Awang, Dusun Hilir, Dusun Selatan, Dusun Tengah, Dusun Utara, Gunung Bintang Awai, Karau Kuala, and Patangkep Tutui sub-districts, south Tamianglayang town area; South Kalimantan province: border area, and 2 areas near Damar and Tawahan.
- Language Status
- 6b* (Threatened).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Barito, East, Central-South, South
- Dialects
- Samihim (Buluh Kuning), Sihong (Siong), Dusun Balangan. Related to Malagasy languages in Madagascar. Lexical similarity: 77% with Paku [pku], 75% with Dusun Witu [duv].
- Language Use
- Also use Bakumpai [bkr]. Used as L2 by Paku [pku].
- Language Development
- Grammar. NT: 1999.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Ma’anyan
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Traditional religion.
Also Spoken in
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Location: Central Kalimantan province: Barito Selatan and Barito Timur regencies, Awang, Dusun Hilir, Dusun Selatan, Dusun Tengah, Dusun Utara, Gunung Bintang Awai, Karau Kuala, and Patangkep Tutui sub-districts, south Tamianglayang town area; South Kalimantan province: border area, and 2 areas near Damar and Tawahan.
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