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, and maybe in Indonesia border areas with Malaysia. The language has three dialects, Bakong, Daliʼ and Miriʼ.
| Narom | |
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| Bhasa Narom | |
| Region | Sarawak, Malaysia. |
| Ethnicity | 4,000 (2012)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nrm |
| Glottolog | naro1251 |
References
edit- ^ Narom language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ 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
External links
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- Kaipuleohone has archived materials that include Miri kin terms and other written materials
- Kaipuleohone has also archived Narom audio recordings and fieldnotes of basic linguistic features in Narom
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