Dusunic languages

Dusunic
Dusun-Bisaya
Geographic distribution:	Sabah
Linguistic classification:	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian North Bornean Southwest Sabahan Dusunic
Subdivisions:	Bisaya–Lotud Dusun
Glottolog:	None dusu1277  (Dusun)[1] bisa1270  (Bisaya–Lotud)[2]

The Dusunic languages are a group of languages spoken by the Bisaya, Dusun, Kadazan, Rungus, and related peoples in the Malaysian province of Sabah on Borneo.

Languages

The languages are divided as follows,^[3]

• Bisaya–Lotud: Brunei Bisaya, Sabah Bisaya, Lotud
• Dusun: Central Dusun, Kuijau, Papar, Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan, Kota Marudu Talantang, Kimaragang–Tebilung–Rungus, Klias River Kadazan, Coastal Kadazan

Dumpas may also belong here.

Not all languages spoken by the Dusun people belong to this group; the East Barito languages include several which are also named 'Dusun'.

References

1. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Dusun". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Bisaya–Lotud". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
3. Bonggi language has been removed per Adelaar & Himmelmann, The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar. Routledge, 2005, and Gana' per Glottolog.

• King, Julie K., and John Wayne King. 1984. Languages of Sabah: A survey report. C-78. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University.