- 2000,
recorded a
total of 44,350
Kenyah people in East Kalimantan,
Indonesia and 24,906 in Sarawak, Malaysia. The
Kenyahs traditionally inhabit the remote...
- The
Kenyah languages are a
group of half a
dozen or so
closely related languages spoken by the
Kenyah peoples of Borneo. They are:
Kenyah proper (a dialect...
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Mainstream Kenyah, also
known as Usun Apau and Bakung, is a
Kenyah dialect cluster of
North Kalimantan, Indonesia, and Sarawak, Malaysia.
Dialects fall...
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still retain their family genealogy. The
Kenyah Dayak people comprises 24
smaller sub-ethnics:-
Kenyah Kenyah Bauh Lepo
Payah Uma Klap
Nyibun Saban Lepo...
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River Kenyah [bwv],
Kayan River Kenyah [knh],
Mahakam Kenyah [xkm],
Upper Baram Kenyah [ubm] – Any
current use is
likely either Mainstream Kenyah [xkl]...
- 64,000, the
Kenyah inhabit the
Upper Belaga and
upper Baram.
There is
little historical evidence regarding the
exact origin of the
Kenyah tribe. Their...
-
Batak Dairi, Karo, Mandailing,
Jambi Malay, Mongondow, Gorontalo, Ngaju,
Kenyah, Nias,
North Moluccan, Uab Meto, Bima, Manggarai, Toraja-Sa'dan, Komering...
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reference to an
exact ethnic group. Particularly, it
derives from a
related Kenyah word for "upstream" (compare with
ethnonym Lun Dayeh). The term was adopted...
- the
payment of any tax,
called door-tax of two
dollars per family. The
Kenyahs, do not feel
needed of any such protection, were less
ready to
accept the...
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languages spoken in Kalimantan,
Indonesia and Sarawak,
Malaysia by the
Kenyah,
Melanau and
related peoples.
Smith (2017) uses the term
Central Sarawak...
