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Preferred term

ibaIban  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • The Iban language (jaku Iban) is spoken by the Iban, a branch of the Dayak ethnic group formerly known as "Sea Dayak" who live in Sarawak, the Indonesian province of Kalimantan Barat and in Brunei. It belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family, and is related to Malay, more closely to Sarawakian Malay. The Iban language is also a subject tested in PMR and SPM, the Malaysian public examination for Form 3 and Form 5 students respectively. Students comment that questions from these exams mostly cover the classic Iban language, making them a daunting task for many who are more fluent in the contemporary tongue. The language is mostly taught to students in rural areas with a majority Iban population, including Baleh (Kapit), Betong, Saratok, Lubok Antu and Pelagus (Kapit).

Entry terms

  • Iban language

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • iba

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • iba

ISO 639-3 code

  • iba

Notation

  • iba

In other languages

  • Iban

    French

  • iban
  • Iban

    German

  • iban

    Italian

  • Portuguese

  • Língua iban
  • iban

    Spanish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/iba

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