Languages
- Malayan languages (Minangkabau, Malay)
- Ibanic languages, or Malayic Dayak (Iban and related tongues)
- Banjarese (incl. Bukit Malay)
- Urak Lawoi’
Although Banjarese, with six million speakers, is commonly considered "local Malay", a 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database was not able to verify that it is even Malayic. The study was only able to determine with 80% confidence that Banjar is closer to Malayan and Ibanic than it is to other Malayo-Sumbawan languages. It does appear that it is the most divergent Malayic language included in the study.
Several of the Ibanic languages are also sometimes placed separately in Malayic.
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