South Pacific: Borneo

Data Source:
Tryon, Darrell. 2007. Borneo and Madagascar. Atlas of the World's Languages, ed. by E. Asher and Christopher Moseley, 152. Oxford: Routledge.

"Austronesian: Composite". MultiTree: A Digital Library of Language Relationships

Date Digitized: January 2012

Map Description:
This map depicts areas where indigenous languages are spoken on the island of Borneo. The island of Borneo is made up of 3 countries: Malaysia (the northern portion), Indonesia (the southern portion) and Brunei (2 areas along the northwestern coast). Languages from many subgroups of the Austronesian languages families are represented, including Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo and Sulawesi. In addition, Malagasy, the family of languages spoken on Madagascar is believed to have spread from the languages spoke in Southern Borneo.

This original map was made by vectorizing data from the MultiTree language database and the Atlas of the World's Languages.

Other LLMAP resources related to this project:
South Pacific: Madagascar
South Pacific: Polynesia
South Pacific: Micronesia
South Pacific: Indonesia (Archipelago)
South Pacific: Vanuatu & New Caledonia

Note: Scanned or downloaded images have been geo-registered for compatibility with our project interface. Slight imperfections are an inevitable result of the registration process.

The Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia: Pidgins, Creoles and Lingua Francas

Source:
Tryon, Darrell. 2007. Australia:Time of Contact. Atlas of the World's Languages, ed. by R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley, 131. Oxford: Routledge.

"Pacific Pidgins and Creoles: Composite". Multitree: A Digital Library of Language Relationships

Date Digitized: August 2011

Map Description:
An overarching term for the various pidginized and creolized forms of Malay is 'Bazaar Malay' which is seen to have the widest geographical coverage in this map. It has been used as a trade language for almost five centuries and is today spoken by millions. This map also shows the distribution of other specific varieties of pidgins, creoles and lingua francas spoken in The Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia.

This original map was made by vectorizing data from the MultiTree language database and the Atlas of the World's Languages.

Other LLMAP resources related to this project:
This folder (Australia and the Pacific: Pidgins, Creoles and Lingua Francas) contains other maps which show the distribution of varieties spoken in this region. These maps can be observed side-by-side.

Note: Scanned or downloaded images have been geo-registered for compatibility with our project interface. Slight imperfections are an inevitable result of the registration process.

Maps of Ngaju

South Pacific: Borneo