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ISO 639-3 · melmel
Austronesian family

Central Melanau

Central Melanau is a language of the Melanau–Bintulu branch (Austronesian), spoken in Malaysia.

6b · Threatened
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At a glance
ISO 639-3
mel
Glottocode
cent2101
Wikipedia
2 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level

Facts

NameCentral Melanau
Also calledCentral Melanau language

Vitality

EGIDS 6b Threatened6b

Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Austronesian to Central Melanau

The branches above Central Melanau, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1039Austronesianfamily944Malayo-Polynesianbranch58Greater North Borneobranch8Melanau–BintulubranchmelCentral Melanaulanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Malaysia113 languages in the index

Also spoken in Malaysia

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 maraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafepanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafejavJavaneseAustronesian · 84.3 m4 · EducationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mkorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalyueYue ChineseSino-Tibetan · 62.2 m2 · Provincial