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Dusun, Central

A language of Malaysia (Sabah)

ISO 639-3: dtp

Population	141,000 (1991 SIL). 50,000 Ranau (1989 UBS), 70,000 Bundu (1990 UBS), 500 (?) Kuala Monsok Dusun (Wurm and Hattori 1981).
Region	Labuk-Sugut District, Perancangan village.
Language map	Malaysia - Sabah, reference number 98
Alternate names	Central Kadazan, Dusan, Dusum, Dusun, Dusur, Kadasan, Kadayan, Kedayan
Dialects	Dusun Sinulihan (Sinulihan), Kadazan-Tagaro (Tagaro), Kiundu, Pahu’, Sokid, Tindal, Menggatal (Kiulu, Telipok), Ranau, Bundu (Taginambur), Beaufort, Luba, Kuala Monsok Dusun.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, Sabahan, Dusunic, Dusun, Central
Language development	Taught in primary and secondary schools. Dictionary. Bible: 2000, revised 2007.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

KROEGER, Paul R., author. 1985. "Linguistic relations among the Dusunic groups in the Kota Marudu district."

LASIMBANG, Rita; MILLER, John D., compilers. 1995. Kadazan Dusun - Malay - English dictionary.

MILLER, Carolyn P., author. 1993. "Kadazan/Dusun phonology revisited."

MILLER, Carolyn P., author. 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."

MILLER, Carolyn P.; MILLER, John D., compilers. 1990. Buuk do tinulisan do tolu bansaʼ do boros = Buku frasa tiga bahasa = A trilingual phrase book; Dusun Bundu - Bahasa Malaysia - English.

ROBINSON, Laura C., author. 2006. "Vowel harmony in Borneo?: an examination of vowel changes in Tindal Dusun."  

SMITH, Karla J., author. 2003. "Minority language education in Malaysia: four ethnic communities' experiences."