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Wikipedia / Sabahan languages

The Sabahan languages are a group of Austronesian languages mostly concentrated in the Malaysian state of Sabah, but also extended into neighbouring Sarawak of Malaysia, North Kalimantan of Indonesia, and the sovereign state of Brunei.

Languages

Blust (2010)

The constituents are separated into two families in Blust (2010):

  1. Northeast Sabahan

  2. Bonggi

  3. Ida’an

  4. Southwest Sabahan

  5. Dusunic (15)

  6. Paitanic (4)

  7. Murutic (7)

  8. Tidong (5)

Lobel (2013)

Lobel (2013b, p.47, 361) proposes the following internal classification of Southwest Sabahan, based on phonological and morphological evidence.

Greater Dusunic

Greater Murutic

Lobel (2013:367–368) lists the following Proto-Southwest Sabahan phonological innovations that were developed from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian. (Note: PSWSAB stands for Proto-Southwest Sabahan, while PMP stands for Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.)

  • PMP *h > PSWSAB Ø

  • PMP *a > PSWSAB *ə / _# (possibly be an areal feature in Sabah or northern Borneo, since this is also found in Idaanic)

  • PMP *R > PSWSAB *h / (a,i,u)_(a,ə,u)

  • PMP *R > PSWSAB *g / ə_

  • PMP *-m- > ø in PSWSAB reflexes of the PMP pronoun forms *kami ‘1EXCL.NOM’, *mami ‘1EXCL.GEN’, and *kamu ‘2PL.NOM’

  • Reduction of most PMP consonant clusters to either singletons or prenasalized clusters

Smith (2017)

Smith (2017) proposes a North Borneo group comprising the North Sarawak, Northeast Sabah, and Southwest Sabah branches.

North Sarawak

Southwest Sabah

Greater Dusunic

Bisaya–Lotud–Dusunic

  • Bisaya–Lotud (Sabah and Limbang Bisaya, Brunei Dusun, Lotud)

  • Dusunic (Bundu, Liwan, Tindal, Tobilung, Rungus, Kadazan, Kujau, Minokok, Dumpas, etc)

    Paitanic (Beluran, Lingkabau, Lobu, Kuamut, Murut Serudong)

Greater Murutic

  • Tatana

  • Papar

  • Murutic (Murut (Nabaay, Timugon, Paluan, Tagol, Kalabakan), Gana, Tingalan, Kolod, Abai, Bulusu, Tidung (Bengawong, Sumbol, Kalabakan, Mensalong, Malinau))

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