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Language code: day

Technical information about ISO 639 language code day

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The table below provides technical details for the Land Dayak languages language, designated by the day code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

day

Name

Land Dayak languages

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
BiatahJagoiBukar–SadongBekati’Banyadu’
Related languages
Kendayan (Kanayatn Dayak)Iban (Sea Dayak)Malay
Key facts
Belongs to the Land Dayak (Bidayuh) subgroup of the Austronesian familySpoken mainly by the Bidayuh people in the interior of Sarawak (Malaysia) and West Kalimantan (Indonesia)Mutual intelligibility between dialects is limited, so speakers often switch to Malay/Indonesian for inter-group communicationTraditionally unwritten, but when written today the Latin script is usedOral literature is rich in ritual chants linked to rice-farming and funeral customs
Sample phrase

Helo, kopodak boh?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Land Dayak languages language, identified by the code day, falls under the 'Collective' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Genetic' by its type.

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