Tombonuo

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A language of Malaysia

ISO 639-3
txa
Alternate Names
Lobu, Paitan, Sungai, Sungei, Tambanua, Tambanuo, Tambanuva, Tambanwas, Tambenua, Tambunwas, Tembenua, Tombonuva, Tombonuwo, Tumbunwha, Tunbumohas
Population

3,000 Lingkabau. Ethnic population: 10,000 (2000 SIL).

Location

Sabah, Labuk-Sugut, Kota Marudu, and Pitas districts.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, Sabahan, Paitanic
Dialects

Lingkabau Sugut (Linkabau).

Language Development
Dictionary. NT: 2002.
Writing
Latin script, developed in about 1984.