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THE LANGUAGES OF BORNEO. 
C. Bock’s ‘Travels,’* and also in the lafcter’s account of 
the Head Hunters.! 
11. Tidong. 
The Tidong l tribes occupy the north-east of Nether¬ 
lands Borneo, on the border of and overlapping the 
British North Borneo Territory. According to M. W. H. 
Beech § the Tidongs are found on the east coast, between 
Lahad Dato and the country a little to the south of 
Bolongan. Their dialects have been illustrated by 
Aernout,|| Hamer,* * § ! and Beech.** Those shown in the 
Vocabulary are the following :— 
1. Bolongan 
2. Tarakan. 
3. Sesayap 
4. Simbakong 
5. Sibuku... 
6. Nonukan 
On the Bolongan Branch of the Kajan 
Biver. 
An island opposite the mouth of the Sesayap 
Biver. 
Biver north of Sibnku. 
Locality not stated. (Probably river north 
of Sesayap.) 
The coast between Batu Tinagat and Sibuku 
Biver. 
Locality not stated. (Probably island at 
mouth of Sibuku Biver.) 
III. Languages of Upper Sarawak. 
1. Kayan. 
The Kayans!! occupy the basins of the Bejang and 
Baram, chiefly along the main rivers, but they are also 
found on the Bintulu and far inland. Maxwell in Ling 
Both says that “ the Kayan country extends from that 
of the Sea Dayak’s boundary to Brunei* and to within ten 
or fifteen miles of the Limbang Biver. They extend in 
Dutch Territory almost right across the island, and are the 
chief native people of Borneo.” 
Hose|f names thirteen Kayan tribes on the Baram, 
Balungan, Bejang, Bahau, Kapuas, and Mahakam Bivers, 
* C. Bock. ‘ Reis in Oost en Zuid Borneo,’ 1887, p. 116. 
f ‘ Head Hunters,’ 1881, p. 884, also in ‘ Unter den Kannibalen auf 
Borneo,’ 1882, p. 393. 
| Called “ Tidoeng ” by the Dutch. 
§ ‘ The Tidong Dialects,’ 1908. 
|| Indische Gids. 1885. 
*|[ Tijdsch. Taal, &c., 1889. 
** ‘ The Tidong Dialects,’ 1908. 
ft The name is also written Kian, and, by the Dutch, Kajan. 
In Ling Roth, 1896, p. 38. 
