Iban language
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| Iban | ||
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| Spoken in: | Malaysia | |
| Region: | Borneo | |
| Total speakers: | 400,000 | |
| Language family: | Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP Sunda-Sulawesi Malayic-Dayak Ibanic Iban |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | — | |
| ISO 639-3: | iba | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
The Iban language is spoken in Kalimantan (the Indonesian part of Borneo) and the Sarawak state region of Malaysia by the Iban, a branch of the Dayak ethnic group (formerly known as "Sea Dayak"). It belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family, and is closely related to Malay.
[edit] Sample lexicon
- makai - "to eat"
- ngirup - "to drink"
- tinduk - "to sleep"
- belanda'/belawak - "to run"
- bejalai - "to walk"
- dani - "wake up (from sleep)"
- nuan is the formal "you" deh is less formal
- ngelusu - lazy (sometimes burok is also used to convey this meaning
- nyumai - to cook
- lenyau - lost
[edit] Sample phrases
- Nama brita nuan? - "How are you?"
- Sapa nama nuan? - "What is your name?"
- Brapa rega utai tu? - "How much is this"
- Dini alai ___? - "Where is ___?"
- Ari ni penatai nuan? - "Where are you from?"
- Aku datai ari ___. - "I come from ___."
- Pukul brapa diatu? - "What is the time now?"
- Selamat lemai! - "Good evening!"
- Selamat datai! - "Welcome!"
- Anang manchal! - "Don't be naughty!"
- enda ulih datai - "cannot come"
- Anang guai - "hold on" "Don't spoil it"
- Nadai ngawa nya - "nevermind that"
- Nyamai wai - "nice taste"
- Pulai dulu-"I'm going back"
- Aram bekelala-"Let's introduce ourselves"
- Pengerindu-"Love, Passion"
- Aku rinduka nuan-"I love / like you"
- Manah-"Good, Great"
- Jai'-"Bad, damaged"
- Sapa enggau nuan?-"Who came with you?"
- Aku enggau ___-"I came / went with ___"
- Dinga meh-"Please listen"
- Anang inggar / ragak-"Silent, please"
- Kini nuan?-"Where are you going?"
- Mar amat! - "too expensive!"
- Kapanya! - "Whatever!"
- Selamat pagi pengajar - "Good morning teacher"
[edit] Sources
Anthony Richards, An Iban-English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 1981. [Paperback reprint in the 1990s by Penerbit Fajar Bakti, Petaling Jaya.]
Otto Steinmayer, Jalai Jako' Iban, a basic grammar of the Iban language of Sarawak. Klasik Publishing House: Kuching, 1999.
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