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The Dusunic languages are a group of languages spoken by the Bisaya and Dusun (including Kadazan and Rungus), and related peoples in the Malaysian province of Sabah on Borneo.

Dusunic
Dusun-Bisaya
Geographic distribution	Sabah
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian North Bornean Southwest Sabahan Dusunic
Subdivisions	Bisaya–Lotud Dusun
Glottolog	dusu1277  (Dusunic) bisa1270  (Bisaya–Lotud)

Languages

The Dusunic languages are classified as follows.[1]

• Bisaya–Lotud: Brunei Bisaya, Sabah Bisaya, Lotud
• Dusun: Central Dusun–Coastal Kadazan, Kuijau, Papar, Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan, Kota Marudu Talantang, Kimaragang–Tebilung–Rungus, Klias River Kadazan,

Dumpas may also belong here.

Not all languages spoken by the Dusun people belong to this group; the East Barito languages include several which are also named 'Dusun'.

Lobel (2016)

Lobel (2016) covers the following Dusunic languages:

• Rungus
• Kadazan Papar
• Kadazan Kimanis
• Kadazan Membakut
• Dusun Tambunan
• Kujau
• Minokok
• Sungai Kinabatangan
• Dusun Talantang
• 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. ISBN 9780824857790

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