Murutic languages

Murutic
Geographic distribution:	Sabah, Borneo
Linguistic classification:	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian North Bornean Southwest Sabahan Murutic
Subdivisions:	Murut proper Tagol Murut Timugon Murut
Glottolog:	`grea1294`^[1]

The Murutic languages are a family of half a dozen closely related Austronesian languages, spoken in the northern inland regions of Borneo by the Murut and Tidung.

The languages are (Lobel 2013):^[1]

Murut proper

Timugon Murut and Tagol Murut

Murut dialects

Keningau Murut, Beaufort Murut (Binta’), Tabalunan/Serudung Murut, Selungai Murut, Sembakung Murut, Okolod, Bookan, Tanggala Murut and Paluan

Tidung language

Burusu, Kalabakan, Nonukan Tidong, Sesayap Tidong

Lun Bawang language

Lundayeh/Lun Bawang

Tagol Murut is commonly used and understood by a large majority of the Murut peoples.

References

1 2 Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Greater Murutic". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Bornean languages

North Bornean

Sabahan

Unclassified	Dumpas

North Sarawakan

Unclassified	Bintulu

Sama-Bajaw ?	Abaknon Bajaw Sinama Pangutaran Sama

Bold indicates languages with more than 1 million speakers
? indicates classification dispute
† indicates extinct status

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