Kenyah, Mainstream

XKL

threatened

Alternate Names: Highland Kenyah, Usun Apau Kenyah

Dialects: Badeng, Bakung, Lepo’ Bem, Lepo’ Ke, Lepo’ Kuda, Lepo’ Maut, Lepo’ Ndang, Lepo’ Tau, Lepo’ Tepu’, Uma’ Jalan, Uma’ Tukung.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
North Borneo
North Sarawakan
Kayan-Kenyah
Kenyah

Demographics: 12,000 in Indonesia (2007 A. Soriente), decreasing. Population total all countries: 52,000. 0 monolinguals.

Language Use: Vigorous. Used as L2 by Uma’ Lasan [xky], Uma’ Lung [ulu], Wahau Kenyah [whk].

Language Development: NT: 1978.

Nation of Origin: Indonesia