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Kimaragang (Marigang), Tobilung, and Rungus are varieties of a single Austronesian language of
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, Malaysia. The three varieties share moderate
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. Children are not learning it well in some areas. ''Minokok'' is an
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of the Sugut Dusun. Their language may be a dialect of Rungus. Their number are not included in the population estimate at right.


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External links


Kimaragang Language and CultureRungus Dictionary on Webonary.org
- dictionary by SIL International {{austronesian-lang-stub Dusunic languages Languages of Malaysia