Mualang | Ethnologue

A language of Indonesia

ISO 639: mtd
Autonym: Mualang
Population: 40,000 (Tjia 2007).
Location:: West Kalimantan province: Belitang, Belitang Hilir, and Belitang Hulu Sekadau sub-districts along Ayak and Belitang rivers.
Language Status: 5* (Developing).
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Chamic, Malayic, Ibanic
Dialects: Mualang Ili’, Mualang Ulu. Reportedly similar to Iban [iba]; however only one-way intelligibility from Mualang to Iban.
Typology: SVO; prepositions; dual number; voice prefixes (active, passive, antipassive, inchoative, middle, adversative); aspect; 23 consonants and 4 vowels; verb serialization.
Language Use: Language shift reportedly taking place in the younger generation. Positive attitudes.
Language Development: Taught in primary schools. Literature. Grammar.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Mualang
Writing: Latin script [Latn], in development.
Other Comments: Christian.

Location: West Kalimantan province: Belitang, Belitang Hilir, and Belitang Hulu Sekadau sub-districts along Ayak and Belitang rivers.