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Tatana

A language of Malaysia (Sabah)

ISO 639-3txx

Population  5,500 (1982 SIL).
Region  Kuala Penyu District.
Language map  Malaysia - Sabah, reference number 92
Alternate names   Tatana’, Tatanaq
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, Sabahan, Dusunic, Bisaya
Language use  Positive attitudes.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

CHAN, Phyllis D., author. 1981. "Sout: a Tatana ceremony."

CHAN, Phyllis D., author. 1983. "Some aspects of Tatana oral literature."

CHAN, Phyllis D., author. 1984. "The Tatana language."

CHAN, Phyllis D., author. 1988. "Borasik, a healing ceremony."

CHAN, Phyllis D.; DILLON, John A.; PEKKANEN, Inka, compilers. 1998. Buuk do tinulisan do talu bansaʼ giaʼ = Buku frasa tiga bahasa = A trilingual phrase book; Tatanaʼ - Bahasa Malaysia - English.

CHAN, Phyllis D.; PECK, Charles W., authors. 1988. "Noun phrases in Tatanaʼ."

CHAN, Phyllis D.; PEKKANEN, Inka, authors. 1989. Learn to speak Tatanaʼ (A series of twenty-five language learning lessons).

DILLON, John A., author. 1994. A grammatical description of Tatana'.

PEKKANEN, Inka, author. 1984. "Verb tense/aspect in Tatana discourse."  Available online

PEKKANEN, Inka, author. 1987. "Death customs among the Tatana."

PEKKANEN, Inka, author. 1988. "Clause types in Tatanaʼ."

PEKKANEN, Inka, author. 1993. "Tatanaʼ phonemics."