- Narom language
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Narom Spoken in Sarawak, Malaysia. Native speakers 2,420 (date missing) Language family Austronesian- Malayo-Polynesian
- North Bornean
- North Sarawakan
- Berawan–Lower Baram
- Lower Baram
- Lelak–Narom
- Narom
- Lelak–Narom
- Lower Baram
- Berawan–Lower Baram
- North Sarawakan
- North Bornean
Language codes ISO 639-3 nrm Narom language (sometimes spelled Narum) is a Malayo-Polynesian language of the Lower Baram branch. It is spoken by some 2,420[1] Narom people in Sarawak, East Malaysia, and particularly in the Miri Division and the area south of Baram River mouth. The language has two dialects.
Ethnologue classifies this language in category B of the Central Lower Baram language family, along with Lelak and Tutong 2.[2]
References
- ^ Wurm, Stephen A. and Shiro Hattori (eds.) (1981). Language Atlas of the Pacific Area. Australian Academy of the Humanities in collaboration with the Japan Academy, Canberra, ISBN 0-85883-239-9
- ^ Ethnologue report for Lower Baram
External links
Categories:- Language articles with undated speaker data
- Bornean languages
- Languages of Malaysia
- Austronesian language stubs
- Malayo-Polynesian
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