Kanowit language

The Kanowit language, also called Serau Tet Kanowit (language of the Kanowit people), is an Austronesian language spoken in Sarawak, Malaysia on the island of Borneo. It is mutually intelligible with the Tanjong (alternatively spelled Tanjung) language, which is spoken even further upriver near the town of Kapit. Tanjong may be a separate language from Kanowit. However, both languages currently share the denomination kxn in ISO 639-3.^[2] Kanowit is primarily spoken in Kampung Bedil, a village located approximately one mile up the Rajang River from Kanowit Town.^[3]

Kanowit
Tanjong
Native to	Malaysia, Brunei
Region	Sarawak and neighboring Brunei
Ethnicity	Melanau people
Native speakers	(200 cited 2000)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian North Bornean Melanau–Kajang Melanau Kanowit
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kxn
Glottolog	kano1244
ELP	Kanowit-Tanjong

Vocabulary

Some Kanowit vocabulary translated into English:^[4]

Kanowit	English
bahah	'husked rice', 'seed'
balak	'banana'
buyaʔ	'because'
kapan	'thick'
kəbeh	'die'
lakəy	'old (age)'
mañit	'sharp'
məlut	'sleep'
mərəw	'woman'
musuŋ	'lips', 'beak'
nəlabaw	'ask'
ñaga	'to fry'
pəloʔon	'ten'
sak	'red', 'ripe'
sidəp	'aflame'
supat	'swollen'
təjalaŋ	'rhinoceros hornbill'
tənawan	'person'
tigah	'straight'
ubaʔ	'word'
ubəl	'mute'