{{Short description|Group of isolects spoken by the Punan people}} {{distinguish|Rejang language}} {{Infobox language family |name=Punan |altname= |region= Indonesia and Malaysia (Borneo) |familycolor=Austronesian |fam2=Malayo-Polynesian |fam3=Greater North Borneo |fam4=Central Sarawak |fam5=Punan–Müller-Schwaner |glotto=puna1280 |glottorefname=Punan }}
The '''Punan languages''' or '''Rejang-Sajau languages''' are a group of mutually intelligible isolects spoken by the Punan and related peoples of Borneo in Indonesia and Malaysia.<ref name="Smith2017">{{cite thesis |last=Smith |first=Alexander D. |year=2017 |title=The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification |type=PhD Dissertation |publisher=University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa}}</ref>
==Classification== Smith (2017) classifies Punan dialects as follows: *Sru (Seru) † *Punan Tubu-Bah **Punan Tubu, Punan Bah, Sajau, Latti *Punan **Beketan (Bukitan), Punan Lisum, Punan Aput, Ukit, Buket (Bukat)
==Austroasiatic influence== Kaufman (2018) notes that some Proto-Punan words (Smith 2017) are of likely Austroasiatic origin, including the following.<ref>Kaufman, Daniel. 2018. ''Between mainland and island Southeast Asia: Evidence for a Mon-Khmer presence in Borneo''. Ronald and Janette Gatty Lecture Series. Kahin Center for Advanced Research on Southeast Asia, Cornell University. ([https://bahasawan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Cornell-Borneo-handout.pdf handout] / [https://bahasawan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Cornell-Borneo-slides.pdf slides])</ref>
* *-iap ‘count’ * *hen ‘3.{{sc|sg}} pronoun’ * *buhak ‘white’ * *obet ‘animal trap (general)’
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rejang-Sajau languages}} Category:Punan languages
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