Penan People - Penan Language

Penan Language

The Penan language belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family. It forms an own Group within the Borneo branch of the Borneo–Philippines languages. It may be somewhat related to the Kenyah Languages and might show some evidence of a non Austronesian substratum that might be related to Orang Asli type of language.

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