Sabahan | |
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Geographic distribution |
Sabah, Borneo |
Linguistic classification |
Austronesian
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Glottolog |
nort3172 (Northeast Sabahan) sout3154 (Southwest Sabahan) |
The Sabahan languages are a group of Austronesian languages centered on the Bornean province of Sabah.
The constituents are separated into two families in Blust (2010):
Lobel (2013, p. 47, 361) proposes the following internal classification of Southwest Sabahan, based on phonological and morphological evidence.
Lobel (2013:367-368) lists the following Proto-Southwest Sabahan phonological innovations that were developed from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian. (Note: PSWSAB stands for Proto-Southwest Sabahan, while PMP stands for Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.)