Daro-Matu language

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Daro-Matu
Native to	Malaysia
Region	Sarawak
Ethnicity	Melanau people
Native speakers	(7,600 cited 1981)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian North Bornean Melanau–Kajang Melanau Daro-Matu
Dialects	Daro Matu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`dro`
Glottolog	`daro1239`

Daro and Matu are dialects of an Austronesian language spoken in Sarawak, Borneo.

References

^ Daro-Matu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Malayo–Chamic *

Iban–Malayan

North Borneo *

Greater
Dusunic *

Bisaya–Lotud	Brunei Bisaya Lotud
Dusunic	Eastern Kadazan Kadazandusun Central Dusun Coastal Kadazan Klias River Kadazan Kota Marudu Talantang Kuijau Momogun / Rungus
Paitanic	Kinabatangan Serudung Abai Sungai Tombonuwo

Greater
Murutic *

Papar Tatana ?
Murutic	Baukan Ganaʼ Kalabakan Keningau Nunukan Tidung Okolod Paluan Selungai Sembakung Sesayap Tidung Tagol Timugon

Others

Moklenic ?
- Moken
- Moklen
Rejang ?
Sundanese
- Old Sundanese †
- Baduy
- Bantenese
- Cirebonese

* indicates proposed status
? indicates classification dispute
† indicates extinct status

Greater North Borneo languages

North Borneo *

Northeast Sabah *

Southwest Sabah *

Greater
Dusunic *

Bisaya–Lotud	Brunei Bisaya Lotud
Dusunic	Kadazandusun Central Dusun Coastal Kadazan Kuijau Eastern Kadazan Kota Marudu Talantang Rungus / Momogun Klias River Kadazan
Paitanic	Tombonuwo Kinabatangan Abai Sungai Serudung

Greater
Murutic *

Tatana ? Papar
Murutic	Tagol Timugon Keningau Selungai Sembakung Baukan Okolod Paluan Ganaʼ Kalabakan Nonukan Tidong Sesayap Tidong

Malayo–Chamic *

Iban–Malayan

Sundanese

Sundanese
- Old Sundanese †
- Baduy
- Bantenese
- Cirebonese

Rejang ?

Rejang

Moklenic ?

Moken
Moklen

* indicates proposed status
? indicates classification dispute
† indicates extinct status

Languages of Malaysia

Main

Official	Malaysian English comparison with British English Arabic

Families

Natives &
Indigenous

Nationwide	Malay
Peninsular Malaysia	Batek Cheq Wong Duanoʼ Jah Hut Jahai Jakun Jedek Johor–Riau Malay Johor Malay Malacca Malay Selangor Malay Judeo-Malay² Kedah Malay Kelantan-Pattani Malay Kenaboi¹ Kensiu Kintaq Kristang Lanoh Mah Meri Minriq Mintil Negeri Sembilan Malay Mos Orang Kanaq Orang Seletar Pahang Malay Perak Malay Reman Malay Sabüm¹ Semai Semaq Beri Semelai Semnam Southern Thai Temiar Temoq² Temuan Terengganu Malay Wila'¹
East Malaysia	Abai Bahau Bajau Belait Berawan Biatah Bintulu Bonggi Bookan Bruneian/Kedayan Malay Brunei Bisaya Bukar–Sadong Bukitan Coastal Kadazan Daro-Matu Dumpas Dusun Eastern Kadazan Ganaʼ Iban Ida'an Jagoi Jangkang Kajaman Kalabakan Kanowit Kayan Kelabit Kendayan Keningau Murut Kinabatangan Kiput Klias River Kadazan Kota Marudu Talantang Kuijau Lahanan Lelak¹ Lengilu¹ Lotud Lun Bawang Mainstream Kenyah Melanau Momogun Murik Kayan Narom Nonukan Tidong Okolod Paluan Papar Punan Bah-Biau Punan Batu² Penan Remun Sa'ban Sabah Bisaya Sama Sarawak Malay Sebop Sekapan Selungai Murut Sembakung Seru¹ Serudung Sian Sungai Tagol Timugon Tombonuwo Tring Tringgus Tutoh Ukit² Umaʼ Lasan

Significant
minority

Chinese	Sino-Tibetan Yue Cantonese Malaysian Cantonese Hakka Min Eastern Min Fuqing Fuzhou Hainanese Pu-Xian Min Southern Min Hokkien Southern Peninsular Malaysian Hokkien Penang Hokkien Chaoshan Min Teochew Mandarin Chinese Malaysian Mandarin
Indian	Dravidian Malayalam Tamil Malaysian Tamil Telugu Indo-European Gujarati Hindi Punjabi Urdu
Indonesian archipelago	Acehnese Banjar Madurese Bawean Buginese Javanese Kerinci Mandailing Minangkabau Rawa
Philippine	Philippine Iranun Maranao Molbog Suluk
Others	Cham

Creoles

Mixed & Others

Immigrants

Signs

Main	Malaysian Sign Language Manually Coded Malay
By states	Penang Sign Language Selangor Sign Language

¹ Extinct languages
² Nearly extinct languages

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