Kadazan, Labuk-Kinabatangan

A language of Malaysia

ISO 639: dtb
Alternate Names: Eastern Kadazan, Labuk Kadazan, Sogilitan, Sungai, Sungai Kinabatangan, Tindakon, Tompulung
Autonym: Tinangaran Kadajan
Population: Ethnic population: 20,600 (2000 SIL).
Location:: Sabah: Beluran, Kinabatangan, and Sandakan districts.
Language Status: 7 (Shifting).
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, Sabahan, Dusunic, Dusun, Eastern
Dialects: Mangkaak (Mangkahak, Mangkak, Mangkok), Sukang, Labuk, Lamag Sungai (Sungei). Mangkaak and Sukang may be separate languages (2015 J. Lobel).
Typology: VSO; prepositions; genitives after nouns; question word initial; nontonal.
Language Use: Children learn Sabah Malay [msi] first before learning Standard Malay [zsm]. Standard Malay used in church, school, and official settings. Mixed use: home, market, village. Adults only. Shifting to Sabah Malay [msi].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 85% in Standard Malay [zsm]. Literacy is highly valued. Literature. Dictionary. Texts. NT: 1996.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Kadazan, Labuk-Kinabatangan
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Cross-cultural marriage and migration. Christian.

Location: Sabah: Beluran, Kinabatangan, and Sandakan districts.