Momogun language

Momogun
Native to Malaysia
Region Sabah
Native speakers
90,000 (2007–2009)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
kqr  Kimaragang (Marigang, Sonsogon)
tgb  Tobilung (Tebilung)
drg  Rungus (Momogun)
kzs  Sugut Dusun (?)
mqq  Minokok (?)
Glottolog kima1244  (Kimaragang)[2]
tobi1239  (Tobilung)[3]
rung1259  (Rungus)[4]

Kimaragang (Marigang), Tobilung, and Rungus Dusun constitute an Austronesian language spoken in Sabah, Malaysia. The three varieties share moderate mutual intelligibility. Children are not learning it well in some areas.[1]

Minokok is an endonym of the Sugut Dusun. Their language may be a dialect of Rungus. Their number are not included in the population estimate at right.

References

  1. 1 2 Kimaragang (Marigang, Sonsogon) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Tobilung (Tebilung) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Rungus (Momogun) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Sugut Dusun (?) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Minokok (?) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kimaragang". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Tobilung". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  4. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Rungus". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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