Kenyah Language In Danger Of Becoming Extinct (fwd link)

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April 27, 2009 22:19 PM

Kenyah Language In Danger Of Becoming Extinct

MIRI, April 27 (Bernama) -- The Kenyah language, which is the spoken language of
about 100,000 Orang Ulu in Sarawak, can become extinct if no efforts are made to
preserve it.

Baram member of parliament Datuk Jacob Dungau Sagan said the language was
increasingly being threatened by assimilation and the wide use of more dominant
languages like Malay and English, especially among young Kenyahs, one of the
ethnic groups of Sarawak's Orang Ulu community.

Speaking to reporters after launching the Kenyah radio broadcast at the RTM
station here, he said there were already signs of declining use of the language
among the younger generation of Kenyahs.

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