Laraʼ language

{{short description|Austronesian language spoken on Borneo}}

{{redirect|Luru|the fictional deity|Lurue}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Laraʼ

|nativename=

|states=Indonesia, Malaysia

|region=Borneo

|speakers=23,000

|date=2000–2004

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Land Dayak

|fam4=Bekati’

|iso3=lra

|glotto=rara1235

|glottorefname=Rara Bakati'

}}

Laraʼ (also called Luru, Berkati, Bakati, Bekatiq, Bekatiʼ Nyam-Pelayo, Bekatiʼ Kendayan, and Rara Bakatiʼ) is a language spoken by some 19,000 people in Borneo, on both the Indonesian side (West Kalimantan)[https://archive.today/20120712053309/http://dev.llmap.org/language/lra/static_map.png Map of the Distribution of Laraʼ]. The Linguist List. Accessed 2009-05-10 and Malaysian side (Sarawak) of the island. Most information about it has been gathered by various Christian missionary groups.