# Punan languages

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{{Short description|Group of isolects spoken by the Punan people}}
{{distinguish|Rejang language}}
{{Infobox language family
|name=Punan
|altname=
|region= [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia) and [Malaysia](/source/Malaysia) ([Borneo](/source/Borneo))
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=[Malayo-Polynesian](/source/Malayo-Polynesian_languages)
|fam3=[Greater North Borneo](/source/Greater_North_Borneo_languages) 
|fam4=[Central Sarawak](/source/Melanau%E2%80%93Kajang_languages)
|fam5=Punan–Müller-Schwaner
|glotto=puna1280
|glottorefname=Punan
}}

The '''Punan languages''' or '''Rejang-Sajau languages''' are a group of [mutually intelligible](/source/mutually_intelligible) [isolect](/source/isolect)s spoken by the [Punan](/source/Punan) and related peoples of [Borneo](/source/Borneo) in [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia) and [Malaysia](/source/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](/source/Seru_language) (Seru) †
*Punan Tubu-Bah
**[Punan Tubu](/source/Punan_Tubu_language), [Punan Bah](/source/Punan_Bah_language), [Sajau](/source/Sajau_language), Latti
*Punan
**[Beketan](/source/Bukitan_language) (Bukitan), Punan Lisum, [Punan Aput](/source/Punan_Aput), [Ukit](/source/Ukit_language), [Buket](/source/Bukat_language) (Bukat)

==Austroasiatic influence==
Kaufman (2018) notes that some Proto-Punan words (Smith 2017) are of likely [Austroasiatic](/source/Austroasiatic_languages) 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)’

==References==
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