Kanowit-Tanjong
Kanowit;
Austronesian; Malayo-Polynesian; North Borneo; Melanau-Kajang
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A few hundred
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2016
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No monolinguals. Most speakers of Kanowit use Malay, English, or Iban in their daily communications. Parents typically speak to their children in Malay. Most of the Kanowit-speaking community is in the diaspora.
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2010
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Sarawak, Malaysia
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In 1981, there were still 170 speakers, but they are much less now.
2007
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Sarawak, Malaysia
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Middle Rejang River, in the third administrative division.
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Middle Rejang River, in the third administrative division.
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The language is receding before Iban. Lots of Iban borrowings
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200 (2000 S. Wurm). Ethnic population: 500.
2009
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