Kimaragang (Marigang), Tobilung, and Rungus are varieties of a single
Austronesian language
The Austronesian languages ( ) are a language family widely spoken throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the islands of the Pacific Ocean and Taiwan (by Taiwanese indigenous peoples). They are spoken b ...
of
Sabah
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, Malaysia. The three varieties share moderate
mutual intelligibility
In linguistics, mutual intelligibility is a relationship between different but related language varieties in which speakers of the different varieties can readily understand each other without prior familiarity or special effort. Mutual intelli ...
. Children are not learning it well in some areas.
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Phonology
/ɭ̆/ may also be heard as in word-final positions.
References
External links
Kimaragang Language and CultureRungus Dictionary on Webonary.org
- dictionary by SIL International
Dusunic languages
Languages of Malaysia
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