ISO 639-3 · bjnbjn
Austronesian family
Banjar
bahasa Banjar
Banjar is a language of the Dayak branch (Austronesian), spoken in Indonesia. Wikidata counts about 3.5 m speakers (2000). Wikidata describes it as “Austronesian language spoken in Kalimantan, Indonesia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
bjn- Glottocode
banj1241- Family
- Austronesian
- Centre point
- -1.00, 114.00
- Wikipedia
- 68 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
2levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Banjar · bahasa Banjar |
|---|---|
| Also called | bjn, Banjar language, Banjarese, Banjarese language |
| All speakers | 3,500,000 (2000) |
| Written in | Latin script, Pegon script |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Banjar
The branches above Banjar, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Also spoken in Indonesia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 maraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeindIndonesianAustronesian · 199 m1 · NationaljavJavaneseAustronesian · 84.3 m4 · EducationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigoroushakHakka ChineseSino-Tibetan · 48.2 m5 · Developing