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Bookan

A language of Malaysia (Sabah)

ISO 639-3bnb

Population  2,760 (2000). 300 or more Tengara.
Region  Keningau and Kinabatangan districts, Sook and Kinabatangan rivers headwaters area.
Language map  Malaysia - Sabah, reference number 83
Alternate names   Baukan, Baukan Murut
Dialects  Baukan (Baokan, Bokan, Bookan, Boken, Bokun, Bukun, Bokon, Ulun-No-Bokon, Ulun-No-Bokan, Pingas), Kokoroton Murut, Tengara (Tungara, Tingara, Tenggaraq, Tangara’, Tanggaraq, Kinabatangan Murut). Close to Keningau Murut [kxi], Timugon [tih], Tagal [mvv].
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, North Sarawakan, Dayic, Murutic, Northern

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

DOI, Akira; DOI, Keiko, authors. 2003. Learn to speak Bookan Murut: a series of twenty-five language learning lessons.

DOI, Akira; DOI, Keiko, compilers. 2003. Kamus makagambar = Kamus bergambar = Picture dictionary.

Vernacular Publications

Rurupoton nu Bookan = Bookan Traditional Stories = Cerita Tradisi Bookan . 2001.