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ISO 639-3 · pnepne
Austronesian family

Western Penan

Western Penan is a language of the Kenyah branch (Austronesian), spoken in Malaysia.

6b · Threatened
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
pne
Glottocode
west2563
Wikipedia
2 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
5levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level

Facts

NameWestern Penan
Also calledWestern Penan 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 Western Penan

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

1039Austronesianfamily944Malayo-Polynesianbranch58Greater North Borneobranch18North Sarawakanbranch6KenyahbranchpneWestern Penanlanguage
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