Mualang

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
mtd
Autonym
Mualang
User Population

40,000 (Tjia 2007).

Location

West Kalimantan province: Belitang, Belitang Hilir, and Belitang Hulu Sekadau sub-districts along Ayak and Belitang rivers.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

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

Mualang Ili’, Mualang Ulu. Reportedly similar to Iban [iba]; however only one-way intelligibility from Mualang to Iban.

Typology

SVO; prepositions; dual number; voice prefixes (active, passive, antipassive, inchoative, middle, adversative); aspect; 23 consonants and 4 vowels; verb serialization.

Language Use

Language shift reportedly taking place in the younger generation. Positive attitudes.

Language Development

Taught as subject in primary schools. Literature. Grammar.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mualang
Writing

Latin script [Latn], in development.

Other Comments

Christian.