Kendayan (Bahasa Dameà / Katà Diri')

Kendayan is a Malayic / Land Dayak language spoken by about 330,000 people in West Kalimantan Province in Indonesia and in the State of Sarawak in Malaysia. In particular, it is spoken in the Lundu and Sematan districts of the Kuching Division in the west of Sarawak, and in the Sambas and Bengkayang regencies and in parts of the Singkawang municipality in northwest of West Kalimantan.

Kendayan is known as Salako, Selako or Bahasa Salako in Malaysia, and as Kendayan, Kanayatn, Badameà, Bahasa Badameà, Bahasa Dameà or Katà Diri' in Indonesia. The varieties of the language spoken in Malaysia differ somewhat from those found in Indonesia. Salako is classified by some scholars as a Land Dayak language, while Kanayatn is classied as a Malayic language.

Kendayan is written with the Latin alphabet, and there is a translation of the New Testament of the Bible in the Salako dialect.

Kendayan alphabet and pronunciation

Kendayan alphabet and pronunciation

Download an alphabet chart for Kendayan (Excel)

Sample text

  1. Ako'koo, Yesus bakato ka ne' ido', "Waktu kau bado'a, bado'alah angayo nyian: 'Bapo', dikudusotnlah dama-Ngu. Atoknglah karajaan-Ngu.
  2. Bare'otnlah ka kami makanan nang sacukupe satiap ari,
  3. lalu ampuni'lah doso-doso kami sabab kamisandiri ugo' ngampuni' satiap urokbg nang basaloh ka kami. Lalu, amelah nabanan kami kadoopm pancobaan."' MINTO'LAH, GAGO'LAH, LALU DODOKLAH

Source: https://ebible.org/study/

Translation

  1. And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
  2. Give us day by day our daily bread.
  3. And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
    The Lord's Prayer - Luke 11: 2-4

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/1/LUK.11.KJV

Sample videos

Links

Information about Kendayan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendayan_language
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/kend1254
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/knx
https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Salako_Or_Badameá
http://www.language-archives.org/language/knx

Malayic languages

Banjarese, Bengkulu, Brunei Malay, Indonesian, Kendayan, Kerinci, Malay, Minangkabau, Palembang, Sambas Malay, Urak Lawoiʼ

Land Dayak languages

Bakatiʼ, Biatah, Bukar–Sadong, Kembayan, Kendayan / Salako

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page created: 11.08.25. Last modified: 11.08.25

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