Uma' Kulit: a Kenyah or Kayan language? Linguistic classifications and Local Epistemology

A detailed study of the Uma' Kulit language, traditionally listed as Kenyah has proved that it belongs to to the Kayanic branch despite its exhibiting a high number of lexical similarities with Kenyah languages. This cocnlusion that goes against local epistemology and ethnic labelling is the result of the application of the rigorous comparative methodology.