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• Miller, Carolyn P. 1996. "Application of typologies for language maintenance and loss to Southeast Asian linguistic minorities: the case of the Bru-So and Kadazan-Dusun language continua."

Adjectives

• Boutin, Michael. 2001. Where have all the adjectives gone in the indigenous languages of Sabah?.

Affixes

• Kroeger, Paul R. 1990. "’Asu’ vs. ’tasu’: on the origins of dusunic moveable ’T-’."

Alphabet

• Buk urup Idaˀan. 1984. (Ida’an)

Annotated bibliography

• Boutin, Michael E. and Alanna Y. Boutin, compilers. 1984. Indigenous groups of Sabah: An annotated bibliography of linguistic and anthropological sources.
• Boutin, Michael E., compiler. 1986. Indigenous groups of Sabah: An annotated bibliography of linguistic and anthropological sources: supplement 1.
• Combrink, Hans J. B., compiler, and others. 2006. Indigenous groups of Sabah: an annotated bibliography of linguistic and anthropological sources, revised and updated edition, part 1: authors.
• Combrink, Hans J. B., compiler, and others. 2006. Indigenous groups of Sabah: an annotated Bibliography of linguistic and anthropological sources, revised and updated edition, part 2: ethnic group, topic.
• Combrink, Hans J. B., compiler, and others. 2008. Indigenous groups of Sabah: an annotated bibliography of linguistic and anthropological sources. Part 1: author Index.  
• Combrink, Hans J. B., compiler, and others. 2008. Indigenous groups of Sabah: an annotated bibliography of linguistic and anthropological sources. Part 2: ethnic group index; topical Index.  

Anthropology

• Combrink, Hans J. B., compiler, and others. 2008. Indigenous groups of Sabah: an annotated bibliography of linguistic and anthropological sources. Part 1: author Index.  
• Combrink, Hans J. B., compiler, and others. 2008. Indigenous groups of Sabah: an annotated bibliography of linguistic and anthropological sources. Part 2: ethnic group index; topical Index.  

Articulatory phonetics

• Boutin, Michael E. and William Howery. 1991. "A computational analysis of stop transitions in Bonggi prestopped nasals."

Aspect

• Boutin, Michael E. 1994. Aspect in Bonggi.

Bibliography

• Burenhult, Niclas. 1999. "A bibliographical guide to Aslian linguistics."  

Bilingual education

• Fuller, Eugenia. 1975. "The use of the vernacular in bilingual education."

Bilingualism

• Lasimbang, Rita, Carolyn Miller, and Francis Otigil. 1992. "Language competence and use among Coastal Kadazan children: a survey report."

Case

• Kroeger, Paul R. 1996. "The morphology of affectedness in Kimaragang Dusun."

Case Grammar

• Blood, Doris E. 1995. "Verbal focus in Lotud."

Causative voice

• Kroeger, Paul R. 1988. "Case marking in Kimaragang causative constructions."

Clauses

• Boutin, Michael E. 1988. "Banggi clause structures."
• Brewis, Richard and Stephen H. Levinsohn. 1991. "Topic and emphasis in Timugon Murut."
• King, John Wayne. 1988. "Tombonuo clauses."
• Pekkanen, Inka. 1988. "Clause types in Tatanaʼ."
• Spitzack, John A. 1988. "Kalabuan clauses."

Clitics

• Boutin, Michael E. 1996. "Bonggi clitics."

Community development

• Budhisantoso, S. and Larry B. Jones. 1998. "Linguistic challenges to rural community development."
• Malone, Susan E. and Dennis L. Malone. 2001. "Literacy for development in multilingual contexts: five characteristics of sustainable programs."

Comparative and historical studies

• Anderbeck, Karl Ronald. 2003. Malay dialects of the Batanghari river basin (Jambi, Sumatra).
• Brewis, Kielo A. 1997. "A comparative study on leadership in the Malaysian context."
• Chou Shu Hsiu. 2002. A reconstruction of proto-Melanau.
• Harris, A. Sue. 1997. "The Rundum rebellion: The legend."
• Miller, Carolyn. 1993. "Kadazan/Dusun phonology revisited."
• Rensch, Calvin R. 2006. "Studies in the early Bidayuh language: proto Bidayuh and its relatives."
• Rensch, Calvin R. and others. 2006. The Bidayuh language: yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Computational linguistics

• Boutin, Michael E. and William Howery. 1991. "A computational analysis of stop transitions in Bonggi prestopped nasals."
• Kroeger, Paul R. 1981. "A phonetic orthography for computer applications."

Connectives

• Boutin, Michael E. 1999. "Connectives and clause combining in Banggi."

Consonants

• Pekkanen, Inka. 1981. "Some consonantal sound changes in the Kadazan dialects of the Penampang, Papar, and Beaufort districts of Sabah, Malaysia."

Cross-cultural communication

• Budhisantoso, S. and Larry B. Jones. 1998. "Linguistic challenges to rural community development."
• Harris, A. Sue. 1997. "The Rundum rebellion: The legend."
• Miller, Carolyn P. 1991. "New challenges for mother tongue advocates."

Dialect intelligibility testing

• Banker, Elizabeth. 1984. "The west coast Bajau language."
• Banker, John E. 1984. "The Idaʼan language."
• Banker, John E. 1984. "The Illanun language."
• Banker, John E. 1984. "The Lotud language."
• Banker, John E. and Elizabeth Banker. 1984. "The Kadazan/Dusun language."
• Dunn, Phyllis A. 1984. "The Bisaya language."
• Dunn, Phyllis A. 1984. "The Papar language."
• Dunn, Phyllis A. 1984. "The Tatana language."
• Hurlbut, Hope M. and Inka Pekkanen. 1982. "Dialect comparison and intelligibility testing in the Upper Kinabatangan River area (Sabah)."
• King, Julie K. 1979. "Dialect comparison and bilingualism: The Kudat division."
• King, Julie K. 1984. "The Dumpas language."
• King, Julie K. 1984. "The Paitanic language family."
• King, Julie K. 1984. "The Rungus language."
• King, Julie K. and John Wayne King, editors. 1984. Languages of Sabah: a survey report.
• Kroeger, Paul R. 1986. "Intelligibility patterns in Sabah and the problem of prediction."
• Kroeger, Paul R. 1991. "National language comprehension in rural Sabah."
• Miller, Carolyn P. 1984. "Introduction."
• Miller, Carolyn P. 1987. "Assessing levels of complexity in Kadazan texts."
• Moody, David C. 1984. "The Lundayeh language."
• Moody, David C. 1984. "The Malayic language family."
• Moody, David C. 1984. "The Suluk (Tausug) language."
• Spitzack, John A. 1984. "The Eastern Kadazan language."
• Spitzack, John A. 1984. "The Kuijau language."
• Spitzack, John A. 1984. "The Murutic language family."
• Walton, Janice R. and David C. Moody. 1984. "The east coast Bajau languages."

Dialect surveys

• Kroeger, Paul R. 1991. "National language comprehension in rural Sabah."

Dictionaries and vocabularies

• Brewis, Richard, Philippa Silipah Majius and Kielo A. Brewis, editors. 2004. Kamus Murut Timugon - Melayu: dengan ikhtisar etnografi.
• Doi, Akira and Keiko Doi, compilers. 2003. Kamus makagambar = Kamus bergambar = Picture dictionary.
• Hurlbut, Hope M., compiler. 1989. Tinangaran Kadajan - Malayu - Inggilis = Perbendaharaan kata Kadazan Labuk-Kinabatangan - Bahasa Malaysia - Inggeris = Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan - Malay - English vocabulary.
• Johansson, Jim, compiler. 1993. Kamus kigambar = Kamus bergambar = Picture dictionary; Kimaragang - Bahasa Malaysia - English.
• King, John Wayne and Julie K. King, compilers. 1992. Kamus kigambar = Kamus bergambar = Picture dictionary; Sungai/Tombonuwo - Bahasa Malaysia - English.
• King, John Wayne and Julie K. King. 1990. Totongaron Sungai/Tombonuwo - Molayu - Inggilis = Perbendaharaan kata Sungai/Tombonuwo (Labuk-Sugut) - Bahasa Malaysia - Inggeris = Sungai/Tombonuwo (Labuk-Sugut) - Bahasa Malaysia - English vocabulary.
• Lasimbang, Rita and John Miller, compilers. 1995. Kadazan Dusun - Malay - English dictionary.
• McKaughan, Howard P., compiler. 2002. Iranun word list from traditional narratives, with Iranun verb structure and an English index.
• Miller, Mark T., compiler. 2004. Kamus been gambar = Kamus bergambar = Picture dictionary.
• Moody, David and Marsha Moody, compilers. 1998. Kamus akay gambar = Kamus bergambar = Picture dictionary.
• Smith, Jim and Karla Smith, compilers. 2005. Kamus a aden a tuladan ian = Kamus bergambar = Picture dictionary.

Discourse analysis

• Hurlbut, Hope M. 1984. "Do as I say: a study of selected features of hortatory discourse in Eastern Kadazan."
• Levinsohn, Stephen H. 1991. "Introduction."
• Levinsohn, Stephen H., editor. 1991. Thematic continuity and development in languages of Sabah.
• Pekkanen, Inka. 1984. "Verb tense/aspect in Tatana discourse."

Discourse structure

• Miller, John and Carolyn Miller. 1991. "Thematic continuity and development in Coastal Kadazan narratives."
• Moody, David C. 1991. "Continuity and development in Idaʼan narrative discourse."

Education

• Smith, Karla. 2001. "Nontraditional education among the Iranun, a Malaysian ethnic minority."

Ethnography

• Amirthalingam, Jeyanthi. 2004. Informal adult learning in Salako society: adult learning principles in Salako women's skill transmission patterns.
• Blood, Doris E. 1990. "The Lotud."
• Blood, Doris E. 1993. "Pongungumaʼan om pangangamatan (Planting and harvesting)."
• Boutin, Michael E. 1990. "The Bonggi."
• Boutin, Michael E. 1993. "Evaluating written and oral sources in ethnohistory studies: the case of Bonggi."
• Boutin, Michael E. and Alanna Y. Boutin. 1986. "Banggi death customs."
• Boutin, Michael E. and Alanna Y. Boutin. 1987. "Classification of disease among the Banggi of Sabah."
• Brewis, Kielo A. 1987. "The death of a Timugon Murut."
• Brewis, Kielo A. 1990. "The Timugon Murut."
• Brewis, Kielo A. 1994. "The traditional costume of a Timugon woman - a link in the chain of preserving cultural heritage."
• Brewis, Kielo A. 1994. "Women with thin livers - latah behaviour among the Timugon Muruts."
• Brewis, Kielo and Sherwood G. Lingenfelter. 1993. "Prestations and affinity in a bilateral society: The Timugon Murut of Sabah, Malaysia."
• Brewis, Kielo. 1990. "Traditional birth practices of the Timugon Murut."
• Brewis, Kielo. 1993. "Some aspects of Timugon worldview."
• Brewis, Richard, Philippa Silipah Majius and Kielo A. Brewis, editors. 2004. Kamus Murut Timugon - Melayu: dengan ikhtisar etnografi.
• Chan, Phyllis D. 1988. "Borasik, a healing ceremony."
• Combrink, Hans J. B., compiler, and others. 2008. Indigenous groups of Sabah: an annotated bibliography of linguistic and anthropological sources. Part 1: author Index.  
• Combrink, Hans J. B., compiler, and others. 2008. Indigenous groups of Sabah: an annotated bibliography of linguistic and anthropological sources. Part 2: ethnic group index; topical Index.  
• Deal, Philip. 1989. "Assumptions, anyone?."
• Dunn, Phyllis A. 1981-1982. "Sout: a Tatana ceremony."
• Gumpodo, Theresa, John D. Miller, and Aloysia Moguil. 1988. "Village medical treatment among the Coastal Kadazan."
• Harris, A. Suzanne. 1990. "The Tagal Murut."
• Hurlbut, Hope M. 1984-85. "Social organization and kinship among the Labuk Kadazan people."
• Hurlbut, Hope M. 1986. "Traditional beliefs of the Eastern (Labuk) Kadazan people."
• Hurlbut, Hope M. 1992. "Birth practices and infant mortality among the Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan of Sabah."
• Lingenfelter, Sherwood G., editor. 1990. Social organization of Sabah societies.
• Lyman, Stuart T. 1990. "The Makiang."
• Moody, David C. and Marsha Ann Moody. 1990. "The Idaʼan."
• Pekkanen, Inka. 1987. "Death customs among the Tatana."
• Spitzack, John A. 1985. "Kalabuan house building."

Ethnolinguistics

• Cohen, Patrick D. 1983. "Linguistic unity and diversity in Keningau district (Sabah)."

Focus

• Blood, Doris E. 1995. "Verbal focus in Lotud."
• Boutin, Michael E. 1988. "Problems in analyzing focus in the languages of Sabah."
• Cohen, Nancy. 1999. "Nabay verb morphology."  
• Kroeger, Paul R. 1988. "Verbal focus in Kimaragang."

Folklore, myth and legend

• Brewis, Kielo. 1993. "Timugon sayings."
• Brewis, Richard, compiler. 1986. Tutunungon-tutunungon ru tuu-lair rali = Cerita dongeng Timugon = Timugon folktales.
• Dunn, Phyllis A. 1983. "Some aspects of Tatana oral literature."
• Hurlbut, Hope M., editor. 1992. Tongo tangon Kadazan Labuk-Kinabatangan = Cerita dongeng Kadazan Labuk-Kinabatangan = Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan folk tales.
• King, John Wayne and Julie K. King, compilers. 1990. Totunod Sungai/Tombonuwo = Cerita dongeng Sungai/Tombonuwo = Sungai/Tombonuwo folk tales.
• Lasimbang, Rita, editor. 1990. Pulou tikus & i lugodingon om i kookoduʼ; Tanong do Kadazan = Cerita dongeng Kadazan = Kadazan folk tales.
• Matulang, Matius. 1979. Tongo tangon Kadazan = Cerita dongeng Kadazan = Kadazan folktales.
• Moody, David C., compiler. 1993. Liton Idaʼan = Cerita dongeng Idaʼan = Idaʼan folk tales.
• Nygren, Mariann, compiler. 1991. Nana nu rahu nu Murut tahol = Cerita dongeng Murut Tagal = Tagal Murut folk tales.

Grammatical descriptions

• Boutin, Michael E. 2002. "Nominative and genitive case alternations in Bonggi."
• Boutin, Michael. 2001. A Role & Reference grammar account of Bonggi -an.
• Boutin, Michael. 2001. Where have all the adjectives gone in the indigenous languages of Sabah?.
• Dillon, John A. 1994. A grammatical description of Tatana'.
• Goudswaard, Nelleke. 2005. The Begak (Idaˀan) language of Sabah.  
• Kroeger, Paul. 2005. "Kimaragang."
• Miller, Mark T. 2007. A grammar of West Coast Bajau.  
• Omar, Asmah Haji. 1981. "Paitan."

Intelligibility testing

• Moody, David C. 1984. "The Tidong language."

Kinship studies

• King, John Wayne and Julie K. King. 1986. "Kinship system and marriage patterns in Sungai Tombonuo."

Kinship terms

• Boutin, Michael E. 1984. "Banggi kinship terminology."
• Miller, John D. and Carolyn P. Miller. 1988. "Kinship terminology in Coastal Kadazan."

Language acquisition

• Lasimbang, Rita B. and Carolyn P. Miller. 1990. "Language labelling and other factors affecting perception of ethnic identity in Sabah."
• Yen Ee Lee, Eileen and Michael E. Boutin. 1992. "Pronominal differences in languages of Sabah and Sarawak and the affect on the acquisition of Bahasa Malaysia."

Language classification

• Dunn, Phyllis A. 1980. "Sabah peoples’ Who’s Who: a glossary of the terms used for the people and languages of Sabah, East Malaysia."
• Hajek, John. 1998. "Kenaboi: An extinct unclassified language of the Malay Peninsula."  
• King, Julie K. 1992. "A preliminary update to the language situation in Sabah."
• Kroeger, Paul R. 1985. "Linguistic relations among the Dusunic groups in the Kota Marudu district."
• Kroeger, Paul R. 1998. "Language classification in Sarawak: a status report."
• Moody, David C. 1984. "Conclusion."
• Smith, Kenneth D. 1984. "The languages of Sabah: a tentative lexicostatistical classification."

Language description

• Combrink, Hans J. B., compiler, and others. 2008. Indigenous groups of Sabah: an annotated bibliography of linguistic and anthropological sources. Part 1: author Index.  
• Combrink, Hans J. B., compiler, and others. 2008. Indigenous groups of Sabah: an annotated bibliography of linguistic and anthropological sources. Part 2: ethnic group index; topical Index.  

Language distribution

• Boutin, Michael E. and Alanna Y. Boutin, compilers. 1984. Indigenous groups of Sabah: An annotated bibliography of linguistic and anthropological sources.
• Boutin, Michael E. and Alanna Y. Boutin. 1985. "Report on the languages of Banggi and Balambangan."
• Boutin, Michael E., compiler. 1986. Indigenous groups of Sabah: An annotated bibliography of linguistic and anthropological sources: supplement 1.
• Combrink, Hans J. B., compiler, and others. 2006. Indigenous groups of Sabah: an annotated bibliography of linguistic and anthropological sources, revised and updated edition, part 1: authors.
• Combrink, Hans J. B., compiler, and others. 2006. Indigenous groups of Sabah: an annotated Bibliography of linguistic and anthropological sources, revised and updated edition, part 2: ethnic group, topic.
• Miller, Carolyn P. 1981-1982. "A brief look at the languages and dialects of Sabah."

Language instruction

• Learn to speak Kadazan: Kadazan language lessons. 1985. (Kadazan, Coastal)
• Sungai language lessons: a series of twenty-five language lessons in the Sungai language. 1985. (Abai Sungai)

Language maintenance

• Rensch, Calvin R. and others. 2006. The Bidayuh language: yesterday, today and tomorrow.
• Smith, Karla J. 2003. "Minority language education in Malaysia: four ethnic communities' experiences."

Language policy

• Miller, Carolyn P. 1991. "Language standardization: Problems and possibilities."
• Smith, Karla J. 2003. "Minority language education in Malaysia: four ethnic communities' experiences."
• Smith, Karla. 2001. "The Iranun's strategy for language and culture preservation."  

Language shift

• Amirthalingam, Jeyanthi. 2004. Informal adult learning in Salako society: adult learning principles in Salako women's skill transmission patterns.

Language surveys

• Hurlbut, Hope M. and Inka Pekkanen. 1982. "Dialect comparison and intelligibility testing in the Upper Kinabatangan River area (Sabah)."
• King, Julie K. 1992. "A preliminary update to the language situation in Sabah."
• King, Julie K. and John Wayne King, editors. 1984. Languages of Sabah: a survey report.
• Miller, Carolyn P. 1984. "Introduction."

Language systems

• Peck, Charles W., editor. 1988. Borneo language studies 1: Sabah syntax papers.

Language textbooks

• Boutin, Michael E. 1988. Learn to speak Banggi: a series of twenty-five language learning lessons.
• Brewis, Kielo A. [1988]. Learn to speak Timugon Murut: a series of twenty-five language learning lessons.
• Chan, Phyllis D. and Inka Pekkanen. 1989. Learn to speak Tatanaʼ (A series of twenty-five language learning lessons).
• Doi, Akira and Keiko Doi. 2003. Learn to speak Bookan Murut: a series of twenty-five language learning lessons.
• King, John Wayne and Julie K. King, compilers. 1985. Sungai language lessons.
• Miller, John D. and Carolyn P. Miller, compilers. 1985. Learn to speak Kadazan: Kadazan language lessons.
• Miller, John D. and Carolyn P. Miller. 1989. Belajar bercakap Bahasa Kadazan: satu siri yang mengandungi dua puluh lima pelajaran.
• Miller, Mark. 2006. Learn to speak West Coast Bajau (Kota Belud dialect): a series of twenty-five language learning lessons.

Language texts

• McKaughan, Howard P., compiler; Batua Al-Macaraya and Hj. Masrin, translators. 2002. Short texts from the Iranun of Sabah.
• McKaughan, Howard P., editor. 2002. Iranun traditional narratives, volume 1.
• McKaughan, Howard P., editor. 2002. Iranun traditional narratives, volume 2.

Language use

• Anderbeck, Kristen Leigh. 2003. Language use and attitudes among the Jambi Malays of Sumatra.

Lexicography

• Lasimbang, Rita. 1994. "The making of the Kadazan dictionary: a project report."

Lexicostatistics

• Smith, Kenneth D. 1984. "The languages of Sabah: a tentative lexicostatistical classification."

Linguistic theory

• Dillon, Kathleen L. 1988. An initial examination of schema theory’s relationship to the translation process.

Literacy

• Harris, Susan. 1984. Review of: Planning and organization of literacy campaigns, programs and projects, by H. S. Bhola and Joginder K. Bhola.

Literacy programs

• Malone, Susan E. and Dennis L. Malone. 2001. "Literacy for development in multilingual contexts: five characteristics of sustainable programs."

Meeting reports

• Hurlbut, Hope M. 1992. "Eastern Kadazan translation workshop."

Mood (grammatical)

• Kroeger, Paul. 2006. "Resultative complex predicates in Kimaragang Dusun."  
• Kroeger, Paul. 2008. "Result complex predicates in Kimaragang Dusun."
• Moody, David C. 1988. "A brief sketch of Idaʼan declarative and interrogative clause types."

Morphophonemics

• Hurlbut, Hope M. 1981. "Morphophonemics of Labuk Kadazan."

Narrative discourse

• Hurlbut, Hope M. 1979. "Some features of narrative discourse in Kadazan."
• King, Julie K. 1991. "Thematic continuity and development in Tombonuo narrative discourse."
• Kroeger, Paul R. 1991. "The event line in Kimaragang narrative."
• Moody, David C. 1991. "Continuity and development in Idaʼan narrative discourse."

Nasalization

• Boutin, Michael E. 2000. "The role of /l/ in blocking nasal spread in Bonggi."
• Rensch, Carolyn M. 2006. "Nasality in Bidayuh phonology."

Nonformal education

• Amirthalingam, Jeyanthi. 2004. Informal adult learning in Salako society: adult learning principles in Salako women's skill transmission patterns.

Noun phrases

• Dunn, Phyllis A. and Charles W. Peck. 1988. "Noun phrases in Tatanaʼ."

Optimality theory

• Kim, Sung-A. 2006. "Non-linearity and dual-edge dependency in Malay dialects: an optimality analysis."

Orthography

• Kroeger, Paul R. 1981. "A phonetic orthography for computer applications."

Participant reference

• King, John W. and Stephen H. Levinsohn. 1991. "Participant reference in Tombonuo."

Phonological change

• Boutin, Michael E. 2000. "The role of /l/ in blocking nasal spread in Bonggi."
• Rensch, Calvin R. and others. 2006. The Bidayuh language: yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Phonological descriptions

• Anderbeck, Karl Ronald. 2003. Malay dialects of the Batanghari river basin (Jambi, Sumatra).
• Blood, David and Doris Blood. 1993. "Lotud phonemics."
• Boutin, Michael E. 1993. "Bonggi phonemics."
• Boutin, Michael E. and Inka Pekkanen, editors. 1993. Phonological descriptions of Sabah languages: Studies from ten languages.
• Burenhult, Niclas. 2001. "Jahai phonology: a preliminary survey."  
• Harris, A. Suzanne and Kristy Chapple. 1993. "Tagal phonemics."
• Hurlbut, Hope M. 1993. "Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan phonemics."
• King, John Wayne. 1993. "Tombonuwo phonemics."
• Kroeger, Paul R. 1993. "Kimaragang phonemics."
• Miller, Carolyn. 1993. "Kadazan/Dusun phonology revisited."
• Moody, David C. 1993. "Idaʼan phonemics."
• Pekkanen, Inka. 1993. "Tatanaʼ phonemics."
• Seidlitz, Eric William. 2005. A study of Jakun Malay: some aspects of its phonology.
• Spitzack, John A. 1993. "Kalabuan phonemics."

Pronouns

• Othman, Normala. 2006. "Current trends in pronoun usage among Malay speakers."  
• Yen Ee Lee, Eileen and Michael E. Boutin. 1992. "Pronominal differences in languages of Sabah and Sarawak and the affect on the acquisition of Bahasa Malaysia."

Readers

• Adat om koundango do momogun rungus. 2005. (Rungus)
• Asal parai ko tembolok pipit. 2000. (Bajau, West Coast)
• Bettaˀ kerungaian. 2000. (Bajau, West Coast)
• Guˀup a iringaˀ Iranun a ikaisa (Buku cerita dongeng Iranun) jilid 1. 2005. (Iranun)
• I tangon di kurudong om tangon, bahul, sundait om adat. 2003. (Rungus)
• It avanus o bahazan: om ongo surat vokon. 2003. (Rungus)
• Kaindanan. 1999. (Kinabatangan, Upper)
• Mamana I ongkol-ongkol om vokon po. 2003. (Rungus)
• Palanuk om Rongon. 1999. (Kinabatangan, Upper)
• Saritaˀ - saritaˀ a Iranun. 2005. (Iranun)
• Usul do minamangun om koposizon do momogun om vokon po. 2003. (Rungus)

Reduplication

• Kim, Sung-A. 2006. "Non-linearity and dual-edge dependency in Malay dialects: an optimality analysis."
• Kroeger, Paul R. 1989. "Discontinuous reduplication in vernacular Malay."

Reference (grammatical)

• Boutin, Michael E. 1991. "Aspect and temporal reference in Banggi."

Reviews

• Harris, Susan. 1984. Review of: Planning and organization of literacy campaigns, programs and projects, by H. S. Bhola and Joginder K. Bhola.

Role and Reference Grammar

• Boutin, Michael. 2001. A Role & Reference grammar account of Bonggi -an.

Sentence structure

• Brewis, Richard. 1988. "A sketch of Timugon Murut sentence structures."
• Hurlbut, Hope M. 1990. "Sentence types in Eastern Kadazan."

Sign languages

• Hurlbut, Hope M. 2003. "A preliminary survey of the signed languages of Malaysia."

Sociolinguistics

• Lasimbang, Rita B. and Carolyn P. Miller. 1990. "Language labelling and other factors affecting perception of ethnic identity in Sabah."
• Lasimbang, Rita, Carolyn Miller, and Francis Otigil. 1992. "Language competence and use among Coastal Kadazan children: a survey report."

Summer Institute of Linguistics

• Miller, John D. 1980. "Linguistic research in Sabah by the Summer Institute of Linguistics."

Suprasegmentals

• Rensch, Calvin R. 2006. "Rhythm in Bidayuh."  
• Rensch, Calvin R. 2008. "Rhythm in Bidayuh."

Syllables

• Burkhardt, Jürgen M. 2006. "Long Terawan Berawan phonology: questions on diphthongs and syllabicity."  
• Burkhardt, Jürgen M. 2008. "Long Terawan Berawan phonology: questions on diphthongs and syllabicity."

Tense/Aspect

• Boutin, Michael E. 1991. "Aspect and temporal reference in Banggi."
• Kroeger, Paul R. 1990. "Stative aspect and unaccusativity in Kimaragang Dusun."
• Kroeger, Paul R. 1991. "The event line in Kimaragang narrative."
• Pekkanen, Inka. 1984. "Verb tense/aspect in Tatana discourse."

Theme

• Levinsohn, Stephen H., editor. 1991. Thematic continuity and development in languages of Sabah.
• Miller, John and Carolyn Miller. 1991. "Thematic continuity and development in Coastal Kadazan narratives."

Topic

• Brewis, Richard and Stephen H. Levinsohn. 1991. "Topic and emphasis in Timugon Murut."

Transitivity

• Boutin, Michael E. 1988. "Transitivity and discourse grounding in Banggi."
• Brewis, Richard. 2002. "Split intransitivity in Timugon Murut."

Translation

• Dillon, Kathleen L. 1988. An initial examination of schema theory’s relationship to the translation process.

Verb morphology

• Cohen, Nancy. 1999. "Nabay verb morphology."  
• Hurlbut, Hope M. 1988. Verb morphology in Eastern Kadazan.

Verbal locative marking

• Boutin, Michael E. 2004. Locative predicates in Bonggi.  

Verbs

• Brewis, Richard. 2002. "Split intransitivity in Timugon Murut."
• Kroeger, Paul and Jim Johansson. 2005. "Object alterations in Kimaragang."  
• McKaughan, Howard P. 1999. "An introduction to Iranun verb structure."

Vocabularies and phrase books

• Boutin, Michael E. and Alanna Y. Boutin. 1988. Buuk tolu uubm = Buku rangkai-rangkai kata tiga bahasa = Trilingual phrase book; Banggi - Bahasa Malaysia - English.
• Brewis, Kielo A. and Richard Brewis, compilers. 1988. Buuk ragu-ragu ru Murut Timugon igigilaan = Buku frasa tiga bahasa = A trilingual phrase book; Murut Timugon - Bahasa Malaysia - English.
• King, John Wayne and Julie K. King, compilers. 1988. Buuk totongaron tolu nobaasa = Buku frasa tiga Bahasa = A tri-lingual phrase book; Sungai (Labuk-Sugut) — Bahasa Malaysia - English.
• Kroeger, Paul R., compiler. 1989. Panambarasan dot tolu baasa = Buku rangkai-rangkai kata tiga bahasa = Trilingual phrase book; Kimaragang - Bahasa Malaysia - English.
• Miller, John D. and Carolyn P. Miller, compilers. 1990. Buuk do tinulisan do tolu bansaʼ do boros = Buku frasa tiga bahasa = A trilingual phrase book; Dusun Bundu - Bahasa Malaysia - English.
• Miller, John D. and Carolyn P. Miller, compilers. 1990. Buuk tohu boos = Buku frasa tiga bahasa = Trilingual phrase book; Kadazan Tangaaʼ - Bahasa Malaysia - English.
• Miller, John D. and Carolyn P. Miller, compilers. 1991. Buuk do tinulisan do tolu bansaʼ do boros = Buku frasa tiga bahasa = A trilingual phrase book; Dusun Tinombunan - Bahasa Malaysia - English.
• Moody, David C. and Marsha Ann Moody, compilers. 1989. Buk tellu baʼaso = Buku frasa tiga bahasa = A trilingual phrase book; Idaʼan - Bahasa Malaysia - English.
• Pekkanen, Inka, Phyllis A. Dunn Chan and John A. Dillon, compilers. 1998. Buuk do tinulisan do talu bansaʼ giaʼ = Buku frasa tiga bahasa = A trilingual phrase book; Tatanaʼ - Bahasa Malaysia - English.

Vowel harmony

• Kroeger, Paul R. 1992. "Vowel harmony systems in three Sabahan languages."
• Robinson, Laura C. 2006. "Vowel harmony in Borneo?: an examination of vowel changes in Tindal Dusun."  

Word order

• Levinsohn, Stephen H. 1991. "Constituent order in ‘di’ clauses in Malay narratives."