| Ma'anyan | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Indonesia |
| Region | Kalimantan |
| Native speakers | 150,000 [1] (date missing) |
| Language family |
Austronesian
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mhy |
Ma'anyan or Ma'anjan or Maanyak Dayak is an Austronesian language belonging to the East Barito languages. It is spoken by about 150,000 Ma'anyan people (subgroup of Dayak people) living in the central Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is closely related to Malagasy languages spoken in Madagascar. There is high lexical similarity with other East Barito languages like Paku language (77%) or Dusun Witu (75%).
Vocabulary comparison between Banjarese, Ma'anyan and Malay language.
| Malay | Banjarese | Ma'anyan |
| monyet | warik | warik |
| bemban | bamban | waman |
| bulian | balian | wadian |
| maharaja | maharaja | miharaja |
| patih | patih | patis |
| lama | lawas | lawah |
| teman | kawal | kawal |
| obat | tatamba | tatamba |
| senang | aray | aray |
| masih | magun | pagun |
| arya | aria | uria |
| demang | damang | damhong |