The Sabahan languages are a group of Austronesian languages centered on the Bornean 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 ...

Languages

Blust (2010)

The constituents are separated into two families in Blust (2010): ;Northeast Sabahan *

Bonggi 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 ...

* Ida’an ;Southwest Sabahan * Dusunic (15) * Paitanic (4) * Murutic (7) * Tidong (5)

Lobel (2013)

Lobel (2013b, p. 47, 361) proposes the following internal classification of Southwest Sabahan, based on phonological and morphological evidence. *Greater Dusunic ** Dusunic ** 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' ...

** Paitanic *Greater Murutic ** Murutic **

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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 ...

Lobel (2013:367–368) lists the following Proto-Southwest Sabahan phonological innovations that were developed from

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (PMP) is the reconstructed ancestor of the Malayo-Polynesian languages, which is by far the largest branch (by current speakers) of the Austronesian language family. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian is ancestral to all Austrones ...

. (Note: PSWSAB stands for Proto-Southwest Sabahan, while PMP stands for Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.) *PMP *h > PSWSAB Ø *PMP *a > PSWSAB *ə / _# (possibly be an areal feature in Sabah or northern Borneo, since this is also found in Idaanic) *PMP *R > PSWSAB *h / (a,i,u)_(a,ə,u) *PMP *R > PSWSAB *g / ə_ *PMP *-m- > ø in PSWSAB reflexes of the PMP pronoun forms *kami ‘1EXCL.NOM’, *mami ‘1EXCL.GEN’, and *kamu ‘2PL.NOM’ *Reduction of most PMP consonant clusters to either singletons or prenasalized clusters

Smith (2017)

Smith (2017) proposes a North Borneo group comprising the North Sarawak, Northeast Sabah, and Southwest Sabah branches. * North Sarawak **

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** Berawan–Lower Baram ** Dayic **

Kenyah The Kenyah people are an indigenous, Austronesian-speaking people of Borneo, living in the remote Baram Lio Matoh, Long Selaan, Long Moh, Long Anap, Long Mekaba, Long Jeeh, Long Belaong, Long San, Long Silat, Long Tungan, Data Kakus ...

*Northeast Sabah (

, '' Idaanic'') *Southwest Sabah **Greater Dusunic ***Bisaya-Lotud-Dusunic **** Bisaya-

(Sabah and Limbang Bisaya, Brunei Dusun, Lotud) **** Dusunic (Bundu, Liwan, Tindal, Tobilung, Rungus, Kadazan, Kujau, Minokok, Dumpas, etc) *** Paitanic (Beluran, Lingkabau, Lobu, Kuamut, Murut Serudong) **Greater Murutic ***

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*** Murutic (Murut (Nabaay, Timugon, Paluan, Tagol, Kalabakan), Gana, Tingalan, Kolod, Abai, Bulusu, Tidung (Bengawong, Sumbol, Kalabakan, Mensalong, Malinau))

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