Sesayap Tidong or Northern Tidung is one of several

Sabahan languages The Sabahan languages are a group of Austronesian languages centered on the Bornean province of Sabah. Languages Blust (2010) The constituents are separated into two families in Blust (2010): ;Northeast Sabahan *Bonggi * Ida’an ;Southwest ...

Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, 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 Indone ...

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, spoken by the

Tidong people The Tidung, Tidong ( Jawi: تيدوڠ) are a native group originating from northeastern part of Borneo and surrounding small islands. They live on both sides of the border of Malaysia and Indonesia. Tidung speak Tidong language, a North Borne ...

. It retains the system of

Austronesian alignment Symmetrical voice, also known as Austronesian alignment, the Philippine-type voice system or the Austronesian focus system, is a typologically unusual kind of morphosyntactic alignment in which "one argument can be marked as having a special relat ...

that has been lost by Southern Tidung in

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References

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