According to researchers, the tribal languages that are now extinct are Seru, Pegu, Bliun and Lelak.
The Borneo Cultures Museum in Kuching, which is a repository of irreplaceable collections, as well as a centre for both Sarawak and Borneo heritage, culture and language. Photo: The Star/N. Zulazhar Sheblee
"Maybe the speaker has migrated or is in a mixed marriage situation and so forth followed then by the diminishing number of the tribe’s community,” he said at the recent 2023 Sarawak Tribal Language General Database Workshop 2023. "So, those who are present here are representatives of the ethnic groups and they get the opportunity to share the terms or words and we are here to record and store the recordings in our database,” he explained.
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