Bidayuh Language and Dialects.
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THE SARAWAK MUSEUM JOURNAL |
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Title :
Bidayuh Language and Dialects. |
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Author :
Stephen Jussem Dundon |
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Abstract:
There are several ways to improve communications within one’s community, to spread and to promote common characteristic of the people within a community. One such way is to improve the uses of its language, its culture and political ideology. Members of national group of countries or people usually share a common language which sets them apart from people of other nations. The most common and the simplest way of identifying the nationality of man is by the language he speaks. Thus the Iban speak Iban, the Bidayuh speak Bidayuh, the Malays speak Malay and the Chinese speak Chinese, etc. Indeed the language of a people usually bears the same name of the people themselves. The existence of a language has a double effect. On the one hand, it makes communication quick and simple between fellow men; a necessity if they are to have extensive relations with each other and thereby develop a strong feeling of identity. At the same time language accentuates the differences between people of the same community and outsiders, because it is extremely difficult for such people to communicate easily and satisfactorily.
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| DOI: XXXX |
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How to cite:
Dundon, S. J. (1989). Bidayuh Language and Dialects. The Sarawak Museum Journal, XL (61): 407-414 |
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