Iban
jaku Iban
Iban is an Austronesian language spoken in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei, by about 2.3 million people.
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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.
From Wikipedia · Iban language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Iban
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | indai | |
| father | apai | |
| child | anak | |
| woman | indu | |
| eye | mata | |
| ear | pending | |
| hand | tangan | |
| liver | atau | |
| water | ai | |
| fire | api | |
| moon | bulan | |
| rain | ujan | |
| wind | angin | |
| river | sungai | |
| sea | tasik | |
| night | malam | |
| dog | asu | |
| cat | mayau | |
| fish | ikan | |
| bird | burong | |
| pig | jani | |
| snake | ular | |
| two | dua | |
| four | empat | |
| sugar | gula | |
| rice | asi | |
| egg | telu | |
| apple | ipul | |
| thank you | terima kasih | |
| book | surat |
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Vocabulary
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- Berau MalayAustronesian67% alike
Grammar
- YinchiaAustroasiatic95% alike
- HaroiAustronesian93% alike
- Eastern PenanAustronesian92% alike
- Eastern BruAustroasiatic91% alike
- KerinciAustronesian91% alike
- Central MalayAustronesian90% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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