Bintulu language
Bintulu or Vaie is an Austronesian language of Borneo. Robert Blust leaves it as an isolate within the North Sarawakan languages.[2] Ethnologue notes that it might be closest to Baram within those languages.[1]
| Bintulu | |
|---|---|
| Vaie | |
| Native to | Malaysia |
| Region | Sarawak |
Native speakers | (4,200 cited 1981)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bny |
| Glottolog | bint1246 |
| ELP | Bintulu |
References
- Bintulu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Blust, Robert (2010). "The Greater North Borneo Hypothesis". Oceanic Linguistics. 49 (1): 49. JSTOR 40783586.
External links
- Paradisec has an open access collection of Bintulu language recordings made by Robert Blust.
- Kaipuleohone also has archived materials of Bintulu.
- Vaie words in the Malay Wiktionary
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