SDO ISO 639-3
Bidayuh Serian
Bidayŭh Bukar-Sadung Autonym
A language of Malaysia
- ISO 639
- sdo
- Alternate Names
- Buka, Bukar, Bukar Sadung Bidayah, Bukar-Sadong Bidayuh, Sadung, Serian, Tebakang
- Autonym
- Bidayŭh Bukar-Sadung
- Population
- 49,100 in Malaysia (2000 census).
- Location:
- Sarawak: Samarahan division, 30 or more villages.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Land Dayak, Bidayuh, Eastern
- Dialects
- Bukar (Bidayah, Bidayuh, Bideyu, Bukar Bidayuh), Sadung Bunan, Sadung, Mentuh Tapuh (Mentu), Sangking, Tebakang. Lexical similarity: 57% with Standard Malay [zsm].
- Language Use
- Some young people, all adults. Many also use Standard Malay [zsm]. Used as L2 by Remun [lkj].
- Language Development
- Radio.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Bidayuh Serian
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn], developed in about 2005.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- West Kalimantan province: Sanggau and Sintang regencies; Mount Cemaru, near Sarawak border.
- Dialects
- Bukar Sadong, Bukar Bidayuh (Bidayah, Bidayuh).
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous) View other languages of Indonesia
Language Name
Bidayuh, Bukar-Sadong
Map
Location: Sarawak: Samarahan division, 30 or more villages.
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