Basap

Print

Primary tabs

A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
bdb
Alternate Names
Bosap
User Population

15,000 (2007 SIL).

Location

East Kalimantan and North Kalimantan provinces: Berau, Bulungan, Kutai Kartanegara, Penajam Paser Utara, and Kutai Timur regencies, scattered.

Language Maps
Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, Rejang-Sajau
Dialects

Jembayan, Bulungan, Berau, Dumaring, Binatang, Karangan.

Language Use

Parents use Indonesian [ind] with children to help prepare them for school (2012 A. Guerrerio). Home, community, religion.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Basap
Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.