Murut, Bookan

A language of Malaysia

ISO 639: bnb
Alternate Names: Baukan, Baukan Murut, Bookan
Population: Ethnic population: 2,400 (2017 SIL).
Location:: Sabah: Keningau and Kinabatangan districts, Kinabatangan and Sook rivers’ headwaters area.
Language Status: 7 (Shifting).
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, Sabahan, Murutic, Northern
Dialects: Baukan (Baokan, Bokan, Boken, Bokon, Bokun, Bookan, Bukun, Pingas, Ulun-No-Bokan, Ulun-No-Bokon), Kokoroton Murut, Tengara (Kinabatangan Murut, Tangara’, Tanggaraq, Tenggaraq, Tingara, Tungara). Reportedly similar to Keningau Murut [kxi], Timugon [tih], and Tagal [mvv].
Language Use: Shifting to Sabah Malay [msi]. Used as L2 by Keningau Murut [kxi], Lanas Lobu [ruu].
Language Development: Literature.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Murut, Bookan
Writing: Latin script [Latn], developed in about 2003.

Location: Sabah: Keningau and Kinabatangan districts, Kinabatangan and Sook rivers’ headwaters area.