Laraʼ language

{{short description|Austronesian language spoken on Borneo}} {{redirect|Luru|the fictional deity|Lurue}} {{Infobox language |name=Laraʼ |nativename= |states=Indonesia, Malaysia |region=Borneo |speakers=23,000 |date=2000–2004 |ref=e18 |familycolor=Austronesian |fam2=Malayo-Polynesian |fam3=Land Dayak |fam4=Bekati’ |iso3=lra |glotto=rara1235 |glottorefname=Rara Bakati<nowiki>'</nowiki> }}

'''Laraʼ''' (also called '''Luru''', '''Berkati''', '''Bakati''', '''Bekatiq''', '''Bekatiʼ Nyam-Pelayo''', '''Bekatiʼ Kendayan''', and '''Rara Bakatiʼ''') is a language spoken by some 19,000 people in Borneo, on both the Indonesian side (West Kalimantan)<ref>[https://archive.today/20120712053309/http://dev.llmap.org/language/lra/static_map.png Map of the Distribution of Laraʼ]. The Linguist List. Accessed 2009-05-10</ref> and Malaysian side (Sarawak) of the island. Most information about it has been gathered by various Christian missionary groups.

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{{Bornean languages}} {{Greater North Borneo languages}} {{Languages of Indonesia}} {{Languages of Malaysia}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lara language}} Category:Land Dayak languages

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