ISO 639-3 · ibaiba
Austronesian family
Iban
jaku Iban
Iban is a language of the Ibanic branch (Austronesian), spoken in Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia. Wikidata counts about 2.3 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Coastal Dayak language spoken by Iban people”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
iba- Glottocode
iban1264- Family
- Austronesian
- UNESCO
- Safe
- Centre point
- 2.40, 112.10
- Wikipedia
- 36 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
2scripts
4levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Iban · jaku Iban |
|---|---|
| Also called | Iban language, Iban Coastal Dayak, Sea Dayak, Sea Dyak |
| All speakers | 2,300,000 |
| Written in | Latin script, Dunging script |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Safe
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Iban
The branches above Iban, 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 Brunei
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 mmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 myueYue ChineseSino-Tibetan · 62.2 m2 · ProvincialnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigoroushakHakka ChineseSino-Tibetan · 48.2 m5 · DevelopingcdoEastern MinSino-Tibetan · 10.3 m5 · DevelopingayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · VigorouskxdBrunei MalayAustronesian3 · Wider Communication