Maʼanyan is a member of the East Barito branch of Malayo-Polynesian languages. It is spoken by about 85,000 people in the provinces of Central Kalimantan and South Kalimantan on the island of Borneo in Indonesia. In particular, it is spoken in Batapah Village in Timpah District of the Kapuas Regency, and in Malungai Village in Gunung Timang Distict in the North Barito Regency of Central Kalimantan Province, and also in Warukin Village in Tanta District of the Tabalong Regency in the north of South Kalimantan Province.
Maʼanyan is known as Maanyan, Maanjan or Maanyan Dayak. Dialects include Batapah and Malungai. It is thought to be the closest relative of Malagasy, the language of Madagascar, although the two languages are not mutually intelligible. Maʼanyan people were brought Madagascar as labourers and slaves by Malay and Javanese between 50 and 500 AD, and Malagasy developed from their language. Maʼanyan is also closely related to Paku and Dusun Witu, which are spoken in nearby parts of Indonesia.
Maʼanyan is written with the Latin alphabet. There is not much literature in the language, but there is a translation of the New Testament of the Bible.
Download a Maʼanyan alphabet chart (Excel)
Information about Maʼanyan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maʼanyan_language
https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahasa_Maanyan
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Мааньян_(язык)
https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/items/437bb0e1-2fb0-48b7-bb46-d12c7dc90cbe
http://olac.ldc.upenn.edu/language/mhy
https://id.wikibooks.org/wiki/Bahasa_Maanyan
Bushi, Lawangan, Ma’anyan, Malagasy
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 18.02.25. Last modified: 24.02.25
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