Dayak tribe

(Old spelling: Dajak or Dyak is the name the invaders gave to inhabitants of the interior of the island of Borneo who inhabited the island of Borneo (Brunei, Malaysia which consists of Sabah and Sarawak, and Indonesia, which consists of West Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, North Kalimantan and South Kalimantan). There are 5 tribes or 7 indigenous tribes of Kalimantan, namely Malay, Dayak, Banjar, Kutai, Paser, Berau and Tidung According to the census of the Central Statistics Agency of the Republic of Indonesia in 2010, the ethnic groups found in Kalimantan Indonesia are grouped into three, namely the Banjar tribe, tribe Indonesian Dayak (268 ethnic groups) and other Kalimantan tribes (non Dayak and non Banjar). In the past, the culture of the Dayak community was maritime or nautical. Almost all the names of the Dayak people have the meaning as something related to "first" or river, especially in the names of the family and the name of the family.

There are those who divide the Dayaks into six clans, namely the Klemantan clan, aka Kalimantan, the Iban clan, the Apokayan clan, namely Dayak Kayan, Kenyah and Bahau, the Murut family, the Ot Danum-Ngaju family and the Punan family. But scientifically, the linguists see 5 language groups spoken on the island of Borneo and each of them has relatives outside the island of Borneo: "Barito Raya (33 languages, including 11 languages ​​from the Madagascar language group, and Sama-Bajau including one the tribe that stands by its own tribe name is the Paser Tribe. "Land Dayak" (13 languages) "North Borneo" (99 languages), including Yakan in the Philippines and one the tribe that stands by its own tribe name is the Tidung Tribe."South Sulawesi" is spoken by 3 Dayak tribes in the interior of West Kalimantan: Taman Dayak, Embaloh Dayak, Kalis Dayak called Banuaka Dayak clan. "Melayik" is said: Dayak Meratus / Bukit (aka Banjar Arkhais), Dayak Iban (and Saq Senganan), Dayak Keninjal, Dayak Bamayoh (Malayic Dayak), Dayak Kendayan (Kanayatn). Some Malay tribes are Malay-Malay which are related to this clump as tribes stand alone, namely Banjar Tribe, Kutai Tribe, Berau Tribe, Sa Tribe mbas, and Suku Kedayan.