Murutic languages
| Murutic | |
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| Geographic distribution: | Sabah, Borneo |
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| Glottolog: | grea1294[1] |
The Murutic languages are a family of half a dozen closely related Austronesian languages, spoken in the northern inland regions of Borneo by the Murut /ˈmʊərət/[2] people.
The languages are:
- Murut proper: Okolod, Keningau Murut, Tagol Murut, Paluan, Selungai Murut, Timugon Murut, Bookan, Abai
- Papar
- Tatana
Ethnologue includes the Tidong languages. Tagol Murut is commonly used and understood by a large majority of the Murut peoples.
References
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Greater Murutic". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ "Murut". Oxford English Dictionary (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. September 2005.