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Iban

jaku Iban

Iban is an Austronesian language spoken in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei, by about 2.3 million people.

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Iban · 2.1°N 112.9°E

The Iban language (jaku Iban) is spoken by the Iban, one of the Dayak ethnic groups who live in Brunei, the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan and in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. It belongs to the Malayic subgroup, a Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family.

Iban has reached a stage of becoming a koiné language in Sarawak due to contact with groups speaking other related Ibanic languages within the state. It is ranked as Level 5 (i.e. "safe") in term of endangerment on Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale (EGIDS). Since 2024, the Iban language is included in Google Translate under Malaysia domain.

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Words in Iban

MeaningWordRomanization
motherindai
fatherapai
childanak
womanindu
eyemata
earpending
handtangan
liveratau
waterai
fireapi
moonbulan
rainujan
windangin
riversungai
seatasik
nightmalam
dogasu
catmayau
fishikan
birdburong
pigjani
snakeular
twodua
fourempat
sugargula
riceasi
eggtelu
appleipul
thank youterima kasih
booksurat

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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