6 
THE LANGUAGES OF BORNEO. 
wrote :—“ There are many different idioms of the (Milano) 
dialect, some of them rather widely divergent. The two most 
nearly similar, as far as I know, are the Mukah and Oya. 
Bintulu Milano is very different from both these two and 
has a z sound which they have not. With a knowledge of 
Mukah and Oya Milano one can get on with a Matu, 
understand a lot of what a Kanowit or Tanjong is saying, 
have a very good idea of what a Bintulu is driving at, and 
recognize a good many words in a Long Iiiput speech.” 
The following are the Milano forms of speech illustrated 
in the Vocabulary :— 
I. Bintulu. 
II. Matu. 
Bruit. 
Oya. 
Muka. 
III. Narom. 
Miri. 
Bali. 
Tutong. 
Niah and Bintulu Bivers, half-way between 
the Bejang and Baram. 
Matu Biver; Bejang Delta between Tanjong 
Sirik and the Egan Biver, i. e., from the 
north channel of the Bejang to the sea. 
Bruit entrance to Bejang Delta (near Tan¬ 
jong Sirik). 
(Keppel, who gives a vocabulary, calls this Sirik.) 
Mouth of Oya Biver, between Matu and 
Muka. 
Mouth of the Muka Biver. 
Baram Biver. 
Bakam and Miri Bivers. 
Sibuti and Bakong Bivers. 
Tutong Biver. 
There are differences in the language as 
spoken on the Upper and Lower Tutong. 
These are distinguished in the Vocabu¬ 
lary as Tutong (1) i. e., Upper, Tutong 
(2) Lower. 
Upper Balait Biver. (Formerly at Marudi, 
Baram Biver.) 
Long Tru, Baram Biver. (Formerly Lelak 
Lake.) 
Junction of Tutau and Baram Bivers. 
Tutau and Baram Bivers. 
Tutau Biver. 
Long Tisam, Baram Biver. 
The next group is quite distinct from the Sea Dayak, 
though the tribes speaking it are in the midst of the Sea 
Dayak district. Hose classes it with the Milano :— 
Middle Bejang Biver. 
Bejang Biver above Kanowit. 
Bejang Biver. 
The last is sometimes classified with the Ukits. But the 
language is closely allied to Kanowit and Tanjong. 
Lemiting. 
Lelak. 
IV. Long Kiput. 
Long Pata. 
Batu Bla. 
Berawan. 
V. Kanowit. 
Tanjong. 
Siduan. 
