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Siang language

Not to be confused with Siangic languages.
Siang
Ot Siang
Native toIndonesia
RegionKalimantan
Native speakers
(60,000 cited 1981)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3sya
Glottologsian1254

Siang, or Ot Siang, is a Barito language of the central Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Vocabulary

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Comparison of vocabulary in dialects of North West Barito languages[2]
Murung Siang
one ičɔ’ ičɔ
five limɔ’ ʎimɔ’
ash aβu’ aβu
rain učan učan
house lɔpɔ ʎopou
fire apui apui
sun matanondou matanɔndou
wild pig baβui baβui

References

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  1. ^ Siang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Hudson 1967, p. 84-94.

Further reading

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  • Hudson, Alfred B. (1967). The Barito Isolects of Borneo: A Classification Based on Comparative Reconstruction and Lexicostatistics. Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University. p. 112. hdl:1813/57536. ISBN 9780877270683.


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