- Sabans
The Saban (pronounce as "Sa'ban"), are an indigenous race of
Sarawak ,Malaysia . It is categorised under theOrang Ulu groups and have a close ties withKelabit people.With a population of approximately less than 1,000 people, Saban considered as one of the smallest ethnic groups in
Sarawak . Over the last 20 years, most of the population had moved to urban area (mainly toMiri ) for better living and employments. Yet, the rest of population are still living in the homeland,Long Banga andLong Puak (formerly known asLong Ballong ).Being an off-shoot of
Kelabit tribes, they share a lot of thing in common especially in term of cultures, traditions and customs. Most of Saban people could understand Kelabit language very well, this is because there are similarities in the language itself.Some simple phrases in Saban
External links
*http://www.kelabit.net/kelabits/bario.html
*http://nativenet.uthscsa.edu/archive/nl/9302/0085.html
*http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=snv
*http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/LLDescription.cfm?code=snv
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