The Kutai Language
The traditional language of the region is referred to as Tanggarong Kutai Malay and is considered a local Malay language, such as Banjarese and Bukit Malay to the south, Kota Bangun Kutai Malay to the west, Berau Malay to the north and others more distant. As such Tanggarong Kutai belongs to the large Austronesian family of languages. It is part of the Sunda–Sulawesi languages branch, together with Malay and Iban as well as Buginese from southern Sulawesi that is also spoken in Samarinda. It is somewhat less related to the Borneo–Philippines languages branch that can be found upstream of Kutai such as the Kenyah and Kayan language groups.
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