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Kadazan, Labuk-Kinabatangan

A language of Malaysia (Sabah)

ISO 639-3: dtb

Population	20,600 (2000 SIL). 14,000 to 16,000 Labuk (1987 SIL), 7,000 to 8,000 Sungai (1982 SIL).
Region	Northeast Sabah, Sandakan, Labuk-Sugut, and Kinabatangan districts.
Language map	Malaysia - Sabah, reference number 116
Alternate names	Eastern Kadazan, Labuk Kadazan, Sogilitan, Tindakon, Tompulung
Dialects	Mangkaak (Mangkahak, Mangkok, Mangkak), Sukang, Labuk, Lamag Sungai (Sungei).
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, Sabahan, Dusunic, Dusun, Eastern
Language use	Vigorous. Children may learn Sabah Malay [msi] first. Standard Malay [zsm] used in church, school, and official settings. Home, market, village. All ages. Positive. Also use Sabah Malay [msi].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 50%. Literacy rate in L2: 85% in Malay [zsm]. Literacy is highly valued. NT: 1996.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	VSO; prepositions; genitives after nouns; question word initial; nontonal.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

HURLBUT, Hope M., author. 1981. "Morphophonemics of Labuk Kadazan."

HURLBUT, Hope M., author. 1984. "Do as I say: a study of selected features of hortatory discourse in Eastern Kadazan."  

HURLBUT, Hope M., author. 1984. "Social organization and kinship among the Labuk Kadazan people."

HURLBUT, Hope M., author. 1986. "Traditional beliefs of the Eastern (Labuk) Kadazan people."

HURLBUT, Hope M., author. 1988. Verb morphology in Eastern Kadazan.

HURLBUT, Hope M., author. 1990. "Sentence types in Eastern Kadazan."  

HURLBUT, Hope M., author. 1992. "Birth practices and infant mortality among the Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan of Sabah."

HURLBUT, Hope M., author. 1992. Eastern Kadazan translation workshop.

HURLBUT, Hope M., author. 1993. "Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan phonemics."

HURLBUT, Hope M., compiler. 1989. Tinangaran Kadajan - Malayu - Inggilis = Perbendaharaan kata Kadazan Labuk-Kinabatangan - Bahasa Malaysia - Inggeris = Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan - Malay - English vocabulary.

HURLBUT, Hope M., editor. 1992. Tongo tangon Kadazan Labuk-Kinabatangan = Cerita dongeng Kadazan Labuk-Kinabatangan = Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan folk tales.

MATULANG, Matius, author. 1979. Tongo tangon Kadazan = Cerita dongeng Kadazan = Kadazan folktales.

SPITZACK, John A., author. 1984. "The Eastern Kadazan language."