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THE LANGUAGES OF BORNEO. 
10. Ukit and Bakatan.* 
These occupy the region round about the upper waters 
of the Rejang Baleh and Kapuas Rivers. They are neigh¬ 
bours of the Punans. The Bakatan in the same region are 
placed by Hose in one group with the Punans, Ukits, and 
Sihans. He also distinguishes the Baloi Bakatans on the 
Rejang, and Bintulu Bakatans on the Tatau River. 
In the Vocabulary the dialects shown are :— 
1. Ukit ... About 160 miles above Sibu on the Baleh 
branch of the Rejang River. 
2, Bakatan ... Baloi River or Upper Rejang. 
(The Baloi is the right-hand branch of the Rejang River, 
the Baleh is the left-hand branch.) 
11. Kadayan and Bisaya. 
These are languages from Northern Sarawak, on or near 
the Brunei boundary. Hoset distinguishes the Mahommedan 
Kadayans in Brunei, and on the Limbang, Tutong, and 
Sibuti Rivers; and the Pagan Kadayans on the Balait and 
Tutong. He also groups the Bekiau with the Orang Bukits 
of the Baram, Koti, Balungan, and Balait Rivers. 
The following dialects are shown in the Vocabulary :— 
1. Kadayan ... Upper Balait and Tutong River. 
2. Bekiau ... Tutong River, near Nyamok River. 
3. Bisaya ... Limbang River. 
IV. North Borneo Languages. 
1. Tagal. 
The Tagals, whose language is known only by a vocabu¬ 
lary sent by Mr. W. R. Clement to Dr. Meyer, are said by 
him to be few in number in Sarawak, but numerous in 
British North Borneo up to the Dutch border. They are 
not mentioned by Hose, and are regarded by Clement as 
probably an offshoot from the Muruts. 
2. Dusun, Ida’an, and Lanun. 
The Dusun languages are found in the districts north of 
the Limbang, and along the coast and hinterland to Marudi 
Bay. 
The following appear in the Vocabulary :— 
* Also written Bukitan and Pakatan. 
f In Ling Roth, p. 38, 
