Keninjal

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
knl
Alternate Names
Dayak Kaninjal, Kaninjal, Kaninjal Dayak
User Population

32,000 (2007 SIL).

Location

Central Kalimantan province; West Kalimantan province: Gelalak, Nangaella, Nangapinoh, and Nangasayan town areas, and along Melawi and Sayan rivers.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Chamic, Malayic
Dialects

Kubing. Lexical similarity: more than 80% with other “Malayic Dayak” dialects in Melawi Basin like Barai, Nanga Nuak, Kebahan, Ransa, Kenyilu, Limbai and Kubin.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Keninjal
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Keninjal is one of many ill-defined “Malayic Dayak” varieties.