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Siang language

Siang, or Ot Siang, is a Barito language of the central Kalimantan, Indonesia.

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Siang
Ot Siang
Native toIndonesia
RegionKalimantan
Native speakers
(60,000 cited 1981)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3sya
Glottologsian1254

Siang, or Ot Siang, is a Barito language of the central Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Vocabulary

Comparison of vocabulary in dialects of North West Barito languages2
Murung Siang
one ičɔ’ ičɔ
five limɔ’ ʎimɔ’
ash aβu’ aβu
rain učan učan
house lɔpɔ ʎopou
fire apui apui
sun matanondou matanɔndou
wild pig baβui baβui
References

References

  1. Siang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Hudson 1967, p. 84-94.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Hudson, Alfred B. (1967). The Barito Isolects of Borneo: A Classification Based on Comparative Reconstruction and Lexicostatistics. Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University. p. 112. hdl:1813/57536. ISBN 9780877270683.