Jump to content

Narom language

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Narom
Bhasa Narom
RegionSarawak, Malaysia.
Ethnicity4,000 (2012)[1]
Dialects
  • Bakong
  • Daliʼ
  • Miriʼ
Language codes
ISO 639-3nrm
Glottolognaro1251

Narom language (sometimes spelled Narum) is a Malayo-Polynesian language of the Lower Baram branch. It is spoken by some 2,420[2] Narom people in Sarawak, Malaysia, and particularly in the Miri Division and the area south of Baram River mouth. The language has three dialects, Bakong, Daliʼ and Miriʼ.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Narom language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Wurm, Stephen A. and Shiro Hattori (eds.) (1981). Language Atlas of the Pacific Area. Australian Academy of the Humanities in collaboration with the Japan Academy, Canberra, ISBN 0-85883-239-9
[edit]