Bukar–Sadong language

{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Borneo}} {{Infobox language |name = Bukar–Sadong |nativename = Bidayŭh Bukar-Sadung |states = Malaysia, Indonesia |region = Borneo |speakers = {{sigfig|49100|2}} in Malaysia |date = 2000 census |ref = e18 |familycolor = Austronesian |fam2 = Malayo-Polynesian |fam3 = Land Dayak |fam4 = Bidayuh |iso3 = sdo |glotto = buka1257 |glottorefname = Bukar-Sadung Bidayuh }}

'''Bukar–Sadong''' is an Austronesian language mainly spoken by Bidayuh people in Sarawak but also in bordering regions of West Kalimantan, Indonesia. McGinn (2009) proposes that it is the closest relative of the divergent Rejang language of Sumatra.<ref>{{Cite book |last=McGinn |first=Richard |title=Austronesian historical linguistics and culture history |publisher=Australian National University |year=2009 |isbn=9780858836013 |editor-last=Adelaar |series=Pacific Linguistics |volume=601 |pages=411–424 |editor-last2=Pawley}}</ref>

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==References== {{Reflist}} {{incubator|sdo}} {{Bornean languages}} {{Greater North Borneo languages}} {{Languages of Indonesia}} {{Languages of Malaysia}}

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