Kadazan, Labuk-Kinabatangan

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A language of Malaysia

ISO 639-3
dtb
Alternate Names
Eastern Kadazan, Labuk Kadazan, Sogilitan, Sungai, Sungai Kinabatangan, Tindakon, Tompulung
Autonym
Tinangaran Kadajan
User Population

Ethnic population: 20,600 (2000 SIL).

Location

Sabah: Beluran, Kinabatangan, and Sandakan districts.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, Sabahan, Dusunic, Dusun, Eastern
Dialects

Mangkaak (Mangkahak, Mangkak, Mangkok), Sukang, Labuk, Lamag Sungai (Sungei). Mangkaak and Sukang may be separate languages (2015 J. Lobel).

Typology

VSO; prepositions; genitives after nouns; question word initial; nontonal.

Language Use

Children learn Sabah Malay [msi] first before learning Standard Malay [zsm]. Standard Malay used in church, school, and official settings. Mixed use: home, market, village. Adults only. Shifting to Sabah Malay [msi].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 85% in Standard Malay [zsm]. Literacy is highly valued. Literature. Dictionary. Texts. NT: 1996.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kadazan, Labuk-Kinabatangan
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Cross-cultural marriage and migration. Christian.