Punan languages

The Punan languages or Rejang-Sajau languages are a group of mutually intelligible isolects spoken by the Punan and related peoples of Borneo in Indonesia and Malaysia.

Classification

Smith classifies Punan dialects as follows:

Sru †
Punan Tubu-Bah
*Punan Tubu, Punan Bah, Sajau, Latti
Punan
*Beketan, Punan Lisum, Punan Aput, Ukit, Buket
Austroasiatic influence

Kaufman notes that some Proto-Punan words are of likely Austroasiatic origin, including the following.

*-iap ‘count’
*hen ‘3. pronoun’
*buhak ‘white’
*obet ‘animal trap ’