Back Mga tataramon na Borneano BCL Lenguas borneanas Spanish Rumpun bahasa Kalimantan Utara Raya ID Sasao a Borneano ILO კალიმანტანური ენები Georgian Борнејски јазици Macedonian Bahasa-bahasa Borneo Utara Raya Malay Línguas baritas Portuguese Nhóm ngôn ngữ Borneo Vietnamese 大北婆羅洲語群 Chinese
| Greater North Borneo | |
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| (proposed) | |
| Geographic distribution | Historically: most of Borneo and Sumatra, western Java and Mainland Southeast Asia Nowadays: Throughout Maritime Southeast Asia |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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| Glottolog | nort3253 (partial match) |
The Greater North Borneo languages are a proposed subgroup of the Austronesian language family. The subgroup historically covers languages that are spoken throughout much of Borneo (excluding the southeastern area where the Greater Barito languages are spoken) and Sumatra, as well as parts of Java, and Mainland Southeast Asia. The Greater North Borneo hypothesis was first proposed by Robert Blust (2010) and further elaborated by Alexander Smith (2017a, 2017b).[1][2][3] The evidence presented for this proposal are solely lexical.[4] Despite its name, this branch has been now widespread within the Maritime Southeast Asia region.
The proposed subgroup covers some of the major languages in Southeast Asia, including Malay/Indonesian and related Malayic languages such as Minangkabau, Banjar and Iban; as well as Sundanese and Acehnese. In Borneo itself, the largest non-Malayic GNB language in terms of the number of speakers is Central Dusun, mainly spoken in Sabah.[5]
Since Greater North Borneo also includes the Malayic, Chamic, and Sundanese languages, it is incompatible with Alexander Adelaar's Malayo-Sumbawan hypothesis.[6][7]
- ^ Blust 2010, pp. 44, 47.
- ^ Smith 2017a, p. 346–364.
- ^ Smith 2017b, p. 459–460.
- ^ Blust 2010, p. 68.
- ^ Blust 2013, p. 65.
- ^ Blust 2010, p. 81.
- ^ Adelaar 2005.