Dusun language

This article is about the Dusun language. For the Dusun people, see Dusun.

Dusun
Dusun
Spoken in	Malaysia
Region	Sabah
Native speakers	141,000  (1986)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian North Bornean Sabahan Dusunic Dusun languages Dusun
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dtp

Dusun (Dusun:Boros Dusun),is the language spoken by the Dusun people of Sabah, Malaysia.

Official dialect

Under the efforts of the Kadazandusun Cultural Association Sabah, the standardized Kadazandusun language is of the Bundu-liwan dialect spoken in Bundu and Liwan. Dusun Bundu-liwan's selection was based on it being the most mutually intelligible, when conversing with other Dusun or Kadazan dialects.^[1]

Alphabet

The Dusun-Kadazan language is written using the Latin Alphabet and it has 22 characters:

A B D E G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z

These characters together are called Pimato

Structure

The Dusun phrase structure follow a different pattern since the normal English S – V – O structure is non-existent in the Dusun construction. A typical Dusun sentence follows the V – S – O structure.

Examples

Genesis 1:1-3

Ontok di timpuun ih, tuminimpuun o Kinorohingan do minomonsoi do libabou om pomogunan. Orolot iti pomogunan om ingaa suang, om pointuong nokulumutan di rahat topuhod. Mintulud sunduan do Kinorohingan do hiri id soibau di waig. Om pomoros nodi o Kinorohingan do, "Nawau no" ka. Om haro nodi o tanawau. Om asanangan tomod o Kinorohingan do nokokitoh diri. Potongkiado no do Kinoingan ih tanawau do mantad hiri id totuong. Om pungaranai nodi do Kinorohingan do "dangadau" it anawau, om iri otuong nopo nga pinungaranan dau do "dongotuong". Haro di sosodopon, sinusuhut minsusuab – iri no o tadau kumoiso.

Translation

In the beginning God created heaven and earth. The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep water. The spirit of God was hovering over the water. Then God said, "Let there be light!" So there was light. God saw the light was good. So God separated the light from the darkness. God named the light "day", and the darkness he named "night". There was evening, then morning, the first day.

Numbers

English	Dusun
zero	aiso
one	iso
two	duo
three	tolu
four	apat
five	limo
six	onom
seven	turu
eight	walu
nine	siam
ten	hopod
eleven	hopod om iso

Months and days

English	Dusun
January	Milatok
February	Mansak
March	Gomot
April	Ngiop
May	Mikat
June	Mahas
July	Madas
August	Magus
September	Manom
October	Gumas
November	Milau
December	Momuhau

English	Dusun
Monday	Tontolu
Tuesday	Madsa
Wednesday	Tadtaru
Thursday	Kurudu
Friday	Mirod
Saturday	Kukuak
Sunday	Tiwang

External links

• Kadazandusun Language Foundation
• Kadazandusun Online Vocabulary Sharing
• Numbers in dusun (Dynamic)

Notes

1. ^ Kadazandusun Cultural Association. "Official dialect". 11 April 1995.