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 | |
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Dusun-Bisaya | |
Geographic distribution | Sabah |
Linguistic classification | Austronesian |
Subdivisions |
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Language codes | |
Glottolog | dusu1277 (Dusunic)bisa1270 (Bisaya–Lotud) |
Languages
editThe 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'.
Lobel (2016)
editLobel (2016) covers the following Dusunic languages:
References
edit- ^ 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