Dusunic languages
The Dusunic languages are a group of languages spoken by the Bisaya and Dusun (including Kadazan and Rungus), and related peoples in the Malaysian province of Sabah on Borneo.
| Dusunic | |
|---|---|
| Dusun-Bisaya | |
| Geographic distribution | Sabah |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian |
| Subdivisions |
|
| Glottolog | None dusu1277 (Dusunic) bisa1270 (Bisaya–Lotud) |
Languages
The Dusunic languages are classified as follows.[1]
- Bisaya–Lotud: Brunei Bisaya, Sabah Bisaya, Lotud
- Dusun: Central Dusun–Coastal Kadazan, Kuijau, Papar, Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan, Kota Marudu Talantang, Kimaragang–Tebilung–Rungus, Klias River Kadazan,
Dumpas may also belong here.
Not all languages spoken by the Dusun people belong to this group; the East Barito languages include several which are also named 'Dusun'.
References
- Bonggi language has been removed per Adelaar & Himmelmann, The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar. Routledge, 2005, and Gana' per Glottolog.
- King, Julie K., and John Wayne King. 1984. Languages of Sabah: A survey report. C-78. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University.
- Lobel, Jason William. 2016. North Borneo Sourcebook: Vocabularies and Functors. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824857790
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