Narom language
| Narom | |
|---|---|
| Region | Sarawak, Malaysia. |
| Ethnicity | 4,000 (2012)[1] |
Native speakers | (no estimate available)[1] |
|
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
nrm |
| Glottolog |
naro1251[2] |
Narom language (sometimes spelled Narum) is a Malayo-Polynesian language of the Lower Baram branch. It is spoken by some 2,420[3] Narom people in Sarawak, East Malaysia, and particularly in the Miri Division and the area south of Baram River mouth. The language has two dialects.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Narom at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Narom". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Wurm, Stephen A. and Shiro Hattori (eds.) (1981). Language Atlas of the Pacific Area. Australian Academy of the Humanities in collaboration with the Japan Academy, Canberra, ISBN 0-85883-239-9
