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Where is Sihan spoken?

Sihan is an Austronesian language, spoken in Malaysia. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Language families (largest ten)

  • Atlantic-Congo
  • Austronesian
  • Sino-Tibetan
  • Indo-European
  • Afro-Asiatic
  • Nuclear Trans New Guinea
  • Otomanguean
  • Austroasiatic
  • Tai-Kadai
  • Pama-Nyungan

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Where Sihan is spoken

Sihan is spoken in one country: Malaysia.

Country
Malaysia

Sihan has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Sihan?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Shifting. Glottolog lists it as shifting: the youngest speakers are adults, and children are growing up speaking another language.

Where Sihan sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Sihan as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

  1. Austronesian
  2. Malayo-Polynesian
  3. North Borneo Malayo-Polynesian
  4. Central Sarawak
  5. Punan-Muller-Schwaner
  6. Punan
  7. Aput-Busang-Merah-Kohi
  8. Sihan

Related languages

Other languages in the Aput-Busang-Merah-Kohi group:

More about Sihan

Codes: ISO 639-3 spg, Glottolog sian1255. Glottolog macroarea: Papunesia.

Questions about Sihan

Where is Sihan spoken?

Sihan is spoken in Malaysia. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Sihan in?

Glottolog places Sihan in the Austronesian family, in the branch Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo Malayo-Polynesian, Central Sarawak, Punan-Muller-Schwaner, Punan and Aput-Busang-Merah-Kohi.

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