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Abstract
This thesis will attempt to classify the languages of Kotawaringin Barat, KalimantanTengah, Indonesia using comparative analysis and dialectology. Comparison will be madewith Proto-Malayic and other comparative dialectal studies to determine if the KoBar languagesare autochthonous to Borneo or part of a back-migration of Malay languages fromoutside Borneo. If they are autochthonous, then I will seek to place them in the networkof Malayic dialects based on phonological changes. Finally, the internal relationships of thelanguages will be determined based on sound changes. It is my hope that this paper willmove forward the study of Malayic languages on Borneo.