Editing Iban language (section)

==Classification==
Iban comes from the [[Ibanic languages|Ibanic language group]] spoken in Sarawak, West Kalimantan,<ref name="Shin 2021"/> and Brunei within [[Borneo]] island.<ref name="Su Hie 2021"/><ref name="ANU Press"/> part of the Malayic subshoot of the [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]] branch in the [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian language family]].<ref name="ANU Press"/> The Malayic languages originate from western Borneo,<ref name="Su Hie 2021"/><ref name="ANU Press">{{Cite book |title=The Austronesians: Historical and Comparative Perspectives |date=2006 |publisher=ANU Press |isbn=978-1-920942-85-4 |editor-last=Bellwood |editor-first=Peter |location=Canberra |language=en |doi=10.22459/a.09.2006 |editor-last2=Fox |editor-first2=James J. |editor-last3=Tryon |editor-first3=Darrell |doi-access=free}}</ref> thus Iban is closely related to [[Malay language|Malay]], especially the [[Sarawak Malay|Sarawakian dialect]].<ref name="ANU Press"/> Other [[Variety (linguistics)|isolects]] in the Ibanic group of languages are Sebuyau, Mualang, Kantu, and Seberuang. These groups of languages can be identified by the word-final position in certain [[Lemma (morphology)|lexical forms]] of /-ai/. These lexical forms are similar to other Malayic languages with lexical forms of /-an/, /-ang/, or, less frequently, /-ar/.<ref name="Shin 2021"/>

The Iban language is also related to other dialects such as Sebuyau, [[Kendayan language|Kendayan]], Balau and Selaku.<ref name="Su Hie 2021">{{cite journal |last1=Su Hie |first1=Ting |last2=Andyson |first2=Tinggang |last3=Mertom |first3=Lily |title=Language use and attitudes as indicators of subjective vitality: The Iban of Sarawak, Malaysia |journal=Language Documentation and Conservation |date=28 July 2021 |volume=15 |pages=190–218 |url=https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstreams/0100bb0c-826f-471a-bb2c-e7fcdb7ad479/download |access-date=15 October 2023 |issn=1934-5275}}</ref>