Malayic Dayak is a dialect chain of Malayic spoken in southern West Kalimantan (North Kayong, Ketapang, Kapuas Hulu, Melawi, and Sintang) and the western part of Central Kalimantan (Lamandau, Sukamara, West Kotawaringin, Seruyan, and East Kotawaringin).
Wurm and Hattori (1981) list these dialects as Delang (200,000 speakers), Kayong (100,000 speakers), Banana’ (100,000 speakers), Bamayo, Tapitn (300 speakers), Mentebah-Suruk (20,000 speakers), Semitau (10,000 speakers), Suhaid (10,000 speakers), and additionally Arut, Lamandau, Sukamara, Riam (Nibung Terjung), Belantikan (Sungkup), Tamuan, Tomun, Pangin, Sekakai, and Silat. These dialects should not be confused with the Ibanic branch or other Malayic languages spoken by the Dayaks.
Languages Some of the Malayic Dayak languages that have been successfully identified and classified include: Arut Bamayo Banana’ Belantikan Delang Gerunggang Kayong/Ketapang (Malay) Lamandau Mentebah-Suruk Pangin Pesaguan Hulu Pesaguan Kiri Riam Sekakai Semitau Silat Suhaid Sukamara Tamuan-Tomun Tapitn
See also List of Dayak groups of West Kalimantan
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