The Punan languages or Rejang-Sajau languages are a group of mutually intelligible isolects spoken by the Punan and related peoples of Borneo in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Classification Smith (2017) classifies Punan dialects as follows: Sru (Seru) † Punan Tubu-Bah Punan Tubu, Punan Bah, Sajau, Latti Punan Beketan (Bukitan), Punan Lisum, Punan Aput, Ukit, Buket (Bukat)
Austroasiatic influence Kaufman (2018) notes that some Proto-Punan words (Smith 2017) are of likely Austroasiatic origin, including the following.Kaufman, Daniel. 2018. Between mainland and island Southeast Asia: Evidence for a Mon-Khmer presence in Borneo. Ronald and Janette Gatty Lecture Series. Kahin Center for Advanced Research on Southeast Asia, Cornell University. (handout / slides)
*-iap ‘count’ *hen ‘3. pronoun’ *buhak ‘white’ *obet ‘animal trap (general)’
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