The Dusunic languages are a group of languages spoken by the

Bisaya Visayans ( Visayan: ''mga Bisaya''; ) or Visayan people are a Philippine ethnolinguistic group or metaethnicity native to the Visayas, the southernmost islands of Luzon and a significant portion of Mindanao. When taken as a single ethnic group, ...

and

Dusun Dusun is the collective name of a tribe or ethnic and linguistic group in the Malaysian state of Sabah of North Borneo. Collectively, they form the largest ethnic group in Sabah. Dusun has been recognised as among the indigenous community of ...

(including Kadazan and

Rungus The Momogun Rungus are an ethnic group of Borneo, residing primarily in northern Sabah in the area surrounding Kudat Peninsular, Kota Marudu, Pitas Bengkoka Peninsular and Beluran. A sub-group of the Dayak, they have a distinctive language, ...

), and related peoples in the Malaysian province of

Sabah Sabah () is a state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indonesia to the south. The Federal Territory ...

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and e ...

Languages

The Dusunic languages are classified as follows.

Bonggi language Bonggi (Banggi) is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Bonggi people of Banggi Island, off the northern tip of Sabah, Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of ...

has been removed per Adelaar & Himmelmann, ''The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar.'' Routledge, 2005, and Gana' per ''Glottolog''. *Bisaya–Lotud: Brunei Bisaya, Sabah Bisaya,

Lotud The Lotud people are an indigenous ethnic group residing in Sabah, eastern Malaysia on the island of Borneo. They reside mainly in the Tuaran district (including the Tamparuli as well as Kiulu sub-districts) and also a portion of this tribe' ...

*Dusun:

Central Dusun Central Dusun, also known as Bunduliwan (Dusun: ), is one of the more widespread languages spoken by the Dusun (including Kadazan) peoples of Sabah, Malaysia. Kadazandusun language standardisation What is termed as ''Central Dusun'' (or si ...

–

Coastal Kadazan Coastal Kadazan, also known as , is a dialect of the Kadazan Dusun language as well as a minority language primarily spoken in Sabah, Malaysia. It is the primary dialect spoken by the Kadazan people in the west coast of Sabah especially in the ...

, Kuijau,

Papar The Papar (; from Latin ''papa'', via Old Irish, meaning "father" or "pope") were, according to early Icelandic sagas, Irish monks who took eremitic residence in parts of what is now Iceland before that island's habitation by the Norsemen ...

, Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan, Kota Marudu Talantang,

Kimaragang The Maragang or Kimaragang people are an indigenous ethnic group residing in Sabah, eastern Malaysia on the island of Borneo. They reside in the Kota Marudu and Pitas districts of Kudat Division. Their population was estimated at 10,000 i ...

– Tebilung–

, Klias River Kadazan, Dumpas may also belong here. Not all languages spoken by the Dusun people belong to this group; the

East Barito languages The East Barito languages are a group of a dozen Dayak ( Austronesian) languages of Borneo, Indonesia, and most notably Malagasy, the national language of Madagascar. They are named after the Barito River located in South Kalimantan, Indonesia. ...

include several which are also named 'Dusun'.

Lobel (2016)

Lobel (2016) covers the following Dusunic languages: *

*Kadazan

*Kadazan Kimanis *Kadazan Membakut *Dusun Tambunan *Kujau *Minokok *Sungai Kinabatangan *Dusun Talantang *Dusun Tobilung *Dusun Liwan *Dusun Bundu * Dumpas

References

*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. {{au-lang-stub