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Bulungan language

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Bulungan
Native toIndonesia
RegionNorth Kalimantan
EthnicityBulungan
Native speakers
30,000 (2002)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3blj
Glottologbolo1268

The Bulungan language is an Austronesian language spoken in Bulungan Regency, North Kalimantan. The language was the court language of the Bulungan Sultanate. The classification of this language is not clear. Glottolog places it in the Sabahan group.[2][3]

Spread

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The Bulungan language is predominantly spoken in eight villages in Bulungan Regency, namely:[4]

References

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  1. ^ Bulungan at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Glottolog 4.5 - Bolongan". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  3. ^ "Unclassified". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  4. ^ Arifin, M. Bahri; Rijal, Syamsul (2019). Bahasa Daerah di Kalimantan Utara. Yogyakarta: Istana Agency. ISBN 978-623-7313-24-3.

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