Lara language

Infobox language
name=Rara
nativename=
familycolor=Austronesian
states=Indonesia
region=Borneo
speakers=11,000
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
fam3=Borneo-Philippines
fam4=Land Dayak

Rara (also called Bakati, Land Dajak II: Berkati, Lara’, and Luru) is a language spoken by some 12,000 people in Borneo. Speakers are found in the Indonesian area of the island (Kalimantan) on the Upper Lundu and Sambas rivers, around Bengkayang east of Gunung Pendering, and to the north, in Pejampi and two other villages (incidentally, this is one of the most linguistically diverse places on the planet). It is also spoken in parts of Sarawak, the Malaysian portion of the island.

Most information about it has been gathered by various Christian missionary groups.

External links

* [http://www.rosettaproject.org:8080/live/search/detailedlanguagerecord?ethnocode=LRA Rosettaproject.org]
* [http://globalrecordings.net/language?langno=744 Global recordings, a Christian Mission group]
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_family.asp?subid=1175 Language family tree, from Ethnologue.com, another mission group]