Kadazan Dusun language

E138029

Austronesian language natural language

Kadazan Dusun is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Kadazan-Dusun people of Sabah, Malaysia, and is notable for its rich oral traditions and role in indigenous cultural identity.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Kadazan-Dusun language	5
Kadazan Dusun language canonical	4
Kadazan-Dusun languages	2
Coastal Kadazan language	1
Kadazan-Dusun language continuum	1
Kadazandusun	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1204593 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kadazan Dusun language
Context triple: [Greater North Borneo languages, hasExampleLanguage, Kadazan Dusun language]

A. Banjar language
The Banjar language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Banjar people of South Kalimantan, Indonesia, and is considered a regional variety closely associated with the broader Malay linguistic family.
B. Minahasan languages
Minahasan languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken by the Minahasan people in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
C. Ndyuka language
The Ndyuka language is an English-based creole spoken primarily by the Ndyuka Maroon community in Suriname and French Guiana.
D. Kumzari language
The Kumzari language is an endangered Southwestern Iranian language spoken primarily by the Kumzari people in the Musandam Peninsula of Oman.
E. Saluan language
The Saluan language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Saluan people of central and eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kadazan Dusun language
Target entity description: Kadazan Dusun is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Kadazan-Dusun people of Sabah, Malaysia, and is notable for its rich oral traditions and role in indigenous cultural identity.

A. Banjar language
The Banjar language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Banjar people of South Kalimantan, Indonesia, and is considered a regional variety closely associated with the broader Malay linguistic family.
B. Minahasan languages
Minahasan languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken by the Minahasan people in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
C. Ndyuka language
The Ndyuka language is an English-based creole spoken primarily by the Ndyuka Maroon community in Suriname and French Guiana.
D. Kumzari language
The Kumzari language is an endangered Southwestern Iranian language spoken primarily by the Kumzari people in the Musandam Peninsula of Oman.
E. Saluan language
The Saluan language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Saluan people of central and eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
country	Malaysia ⓘ
hasAlignmentType	Austronesian alignment ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Central Dusun ⓘ linked to: Dusun Dusun ⓘ Kadazan ⓘ linked to: Kadazan-Dusun Kadazandusun ⓘ linked to: Kadazan Dusun language
hasBasicWordOrder	VOS ⓘ VSO ⓘ
hasCulturalRole	marker of Kadazan-Dusun ethnic identity ⓘ medium of traditional knowledge transmission ⓘ vehicle for oral literature ⓘ
hasDialects	Bundu-Liwan ⓘ Coastal Kadazan ⓘ linked to: Kadazan-Dusun Dusun ⓘ Interior Dusun ⓘ linked to: Dusun Kadazan ⓘ linked to: Kadazan-Dusun Tangaa ⓘ
hasGlottocode	cent2085 ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code	dtp ⓘ
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom	English ⓘ Malay ⓘ other Sabah indigenous languages ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType	agglutinative ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ
hasRegulatingBody	Kadazandusun Language Foundation ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Latin script ⓘ
isEndangered	yes ⓘ
isOfficialIn	Sabah (for native language promotion contexts) ⓘ linked to: Sabah
isTaughtIn	some Sabah primary schools ⓘ
languageFamily	Austronesian languages ⓘ
region	Borneo ⓘ Sabah ⓘ
spokenBy	Kadazan-Dusun people ⓘ linked to: Kadazan-Dusun
spokenIn	Malaysia ⓘ Sabah ⓘ
subfamily	Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
subgroup	North Bornean languages ⓘ linked to: Greater North Borneo languages Southwest Sabahan languages ⓘ
usedFor	cultural identity expression ⓘ folklore ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ rituals ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ
usedInMedia	local radio programs in Sabah ⓘ
usedInReligion	Christian church services in Sabah ⓘ traditional indigenous rituals ⓘ

How these facts were elicited