Jagoi language

Jagoi
Bau
Native to Malaysia
Region Sarawak
Native speakers
29,000 (2000 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Gumbang?
Language codes
ISO 639-3 sne
Glottolog baub1235[2]

Jagoi, Singai or Bau, is a Dayak language of Borneo. Gumbang dialect may be closer to Tringgus.

Bau language is divided into 7 slangs namely Jagoi,- notably from serikin, stass,serasot etc towards kampung selampit in lundu, Bratak,- speakers from kupua(kampung/village) around the Bung Bratak( Mount Bratak), Singai,- a slang use in area and villages around Mount Singai (from Kampung Apar towards kampung Bobak) , Biroih,- speaker from Kampung Skiat area towards Kampung Seropak and towards Peninjau Lama (Serumbu area) who originated from Mount Podam, Krokuang/krokong,- speaker in the Krokong area in Bau, Gumbang in Gumbang area and Tringgus in Kampung Tringgus.

References

  1. Jagoi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Bau Bidayuh". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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