However, Smith (2015) rejects Soriente's grouping, and argues that Kenyah andKayan are separate groups. Smith (2015) proposes the following classification.[2]
This classification of Kenyah languages was updated in a second publication, "Penan, Sebop, and Kenyah internal classification". There, it was shown that Penan and Sebop subgroup specifically with the Western-Lowland branch of Lowland Kenyah. This subgrouping was repeated in the dissertation, "The languages of Borneo: a comprehensive classification".
Kaufman (2018) notes that many Proto-Kenyah words (Smith 2017) are of likelyAustroasiatic origin, including the following (Note: The Austroasiatic branch reconstructions are fromPaul Sidwell's reconstructions).[3]
^Soriente, Antonia. 1997. The classification of Kenyah languages: A preliminary assessment. InSEALS XIV(2): Papers from the 14th meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (2004), ed. by Wilaiwan Khanittana and Paul Sidwell, 49–62. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
^Smith, Alexander D. "On the Classification of Kenyah and Kayanic Languages." InOceanic Linguistics, Volume 54, Number 2, December 2015, pp. 333-357.
^Kaufman, Daniel. 2018.Between mainland and island Southeast Asia: Evidence for a Mon-Khmer presence in Borneo. Ronald and Janette Gatty Lecture Series. Kahin Center for Advanced Research on Southeast Asia, Cornell University. (handout /slides)
.jpg)