Murut, Bookan

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A language of Malaysia

ISO 639-3
bnb
Alternate Names
Baukan, Baukan Murut, Bookan
User Population

Ethnic population: 2,400 (2017 SIL).

Location

Sabah: Keningau and Kinabatangan districts, Kinabatangan and Sook rivers’ headwaters area.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, Sabahan, Murutic, Northern
Dialects

Baukan (Baokan, Bokan, Boken, Bokon, Bokun, Bookan, Bukun, Pingas, Ulun-No-Bokan, Ulun-No-Bokon), Kokoroton Murut, Tengara (Kinabatangan Murut, Tangara’, Tanggaraq, Tenggaraq, Tingara, Tungara). Reportedly similar to Keningau Murut [kxi], Timugon [tih], and Tagal [mvv].

Language Use

Shifting to Sabah Malay [msi]. Used as L2 by Keningau Murut [kxi], Lanas Lobu [ruu].

Language Development

Literature.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Murut, Bookan
Writing

Latin script [Latn], developed in about 2003.