Ma’anyan

MHY

threatened

Alternate Names: Ma’anjan, Maanyak Dayak

Dialects: Dusun Balangan, Samihim (Buluh Kuning), Sihong (Siong). Related to Malagasy languages in Madagascar. Lexical similarity: 77% with Paku ,, 75% with Dusun Witu ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Greater Barito
East
Central-South
South

Demographics: 150,000 (2003).

Language Use: Also use Bakumpai [bkr].

Language Development: Grammar. NT: 1999.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Traditional religion.