The Dusunic languages are a group of languages spoken by the

Bisaya Bisaya may refer to: * Bisaya people, a.k.a. Visayans, a Philippine ethnolinguistic group * Bisaya (Borneo), an ethnic group in Borneo * Bisayan languages, or Visayan languages, a subgroup of the Austronesian languages spoken in the Philippines ** ...

and

Dusun Dusun may refer to: * Dusun language, language of Dusun people of Borneo * Dusun people Dusun is the collective name of an indigenous ethnic group to the Malaysian state of Sabah of North Borneo. Collectively, they form the largest ethnic ...

(including

Kadazan The Kadazan are an ethnic group indigenous to the state of Sabah in Malaysia. They are found mainly in Penampang and Papar on the west coast of Sabah, the surrounding areas, and various locations in the interior. As a result of integration i ...

and

Rungus The Momogun Rungus are an Austronesian ethnic group indigenous to Sabah, Malaysia. They primarily live in northern Sabah especially in Kudat, Kota Marudu and Pitas districts with small minorities in the Beluran district of the east coast S ...

), and related peoples in the Malaysian province of

Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah has land borders with the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and Indonesia's North Kalima ...

Borneo Borneo () is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world, with an area of , and population of 23,053,723 (2020 national censuses). Situated at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, it is one of the Greater Sunda ...

Languages

The Dusunic languages are classified as follows.

Bonggi language Bonggi (Banggi) is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Bonggi people of Banggi Island, off the northern tip of Sabah, Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of conti ...

has been removed per Adelaar & Himmelmann, ''The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar.'' Routledge, 2005, and Gana' per ''Glottolog''. *Bisaya–Lotud: Brunei Bisaya, Sabah Bisaya,

Lotud The Lotud people are an indigenous ethnic group residing in Sabah, eastern Malaysia on the island of Borneo. They reside mainly in the Tuaran district (including the Tamparuli and Kiulu sub-districts) and also a portion of this tribe's popu ...

*Dusun: Central Dusun– Coastal Kadazan, Kuijau,

Papar The ''Papar'' (; from Latin , via Old Irish, meaning "father" or "pope") were Irish monks who took eremitic residence in parts of Iceland before that island's habitation by the Norsemen of Scandinavia. Their existence is attested by the early ...

, Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan, Kota Marudu Talantang, Kimaragang– Tebilung–

, Klias River Kadazan Dumpas may also belong here. Not all languages spoken by the Dusun people belong to this group; the

East Barito languages The East Barito languages are a group of a dozen Dayak ( Austronesian) languages of Borneo, Indonesia, and most notably Malagasy, the national language of Madagascar. They are named after the Barito River located in Central and South Kaliman ...

include several which are also named 'Dusun'.

Lobel (2016)

Lobel (2016) covers the following Dusunic languages: *

*Kadazan Papar *Kadazan Kimanis *Kadazan Membakut *Kujau *Minokok *Sungai Kinabatangan *Dusun Talantang *Dusun Tambunan *Dusun Tobilung *Dusun Liwan *Dusun Bundu * Dumpas

References

*King, Julie K., and John Wayne King. 1984.
Languages of Sabah: A survey report
'. C-78. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University. *Lobel, Jason William. 2016. ''North Borneo Sourcebook: Vocabularies and Functors''. University of Hawaii Press. {{au-lang-stub