" THE UNIQUENESS AND THE ISNESS OF KIPUT" AND LAKIPUT"

AFTER YEARS OF BROWSING AND ASKING ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY

The uniqueness of kiput community has been written by many anthropology in the past.The name Kiput is never related to Lakiput. I wonder why it is now known to be Lakiput?"(1) Kiput reside in the Lower Baram branch of the North Sarawak subgroup of Austronesian languages, spoken by perhaps 450 people. The entire language community resides in a single longhouse known variously as Long Kiput, Long Tutoh or Kuala Tutoh, located on the Baram river, Fourth Division, Sarawak, about one kilometre from its junction with the Tutoh. Very little has been published on this language. The principal aim of the present work is to provide an overview of the synchronic morphology and phonology of Kiput, a considerably longer and more accurate vocabulary than that in Ray (1913), and several hundred sentences."

(2) KIPUT (LONG KIPUT) [KYI] 2,460 (1981 Wurm and Hattori). Northeast around Marudi. Not in Brunei.Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Western Malayo-Polynesian, Borneo, Northwest, North Sarawakan, Berawan-Lower Baram, Lower Baram, Central, A. Dialects: KIPUT, LEMITING. Related to Narom, Lelak, Tutong 2, Belait, and Berawan. Muslim. Survey needed.

ALL THESE STUDIES POINTING TO ONE NAME THAT IS KIPUT.

"Survey is needed in order to clarify our real community Name.