Biatah is a member of the Land Dayak branch of the Malayo-Polynesian language family. It is spoken by about 72,000 people mainly in the southwest Sarawak State on the island of Borneo in eastern Malaysia, particular in Siburan District near the city of Kuching. It is also spoken in the nearby province of West Kalimantan in northern Indonesia.
The people who speak Biatah call themselves Bidayuh ("land people"). They are also known as Land Dayak. Biatah is written with the Latin script, and there is a translation of the Bible in the language.
Download an alphabet chart for Biatah (Excel)
Information about Biatah | Numbers | Tower of Babel
Information about Biatah
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biatah_language
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biatah_bidayuh
https://borneodictionary.com/bidayuh-biatah/
https://sandabidayuh.blogspot.com/
https://etnografivisual.wixsite.com/parang-bukuo-bidayuh/post/asal-usul-kaum-bidayuh
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 12.08.24. Last modified: 12.08.24
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