Dusun

E297452

Dusun is an indigenous Austronesian ethnic group and language community native to the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Dusun canonical 6
Central Dusun 1
Dusun Witu 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian ethnic group
ethnic group
indigenous people
language community
continent Asia
country Malaysia
countrySubdivision Malaysian state of Sabah
culturalRegion interior of Sabah
west coast of Sabah
ethnolinguisticGroup Austronesian peoples
harvestFestival Kaamatan
hasLanguage Dusun language
hasSubgroup Kadazan-Dusun
Kimaragang Dusun
linked to: Dusun

Kwijau Dusun
linked to: Dusun

Liwan Dusun
Rungus Dusun
linked to: Rungus

Tambunan Dusun
Tindal Dusun
linked to: Dusun

Tobilung Dusun
linked to: Tambunan Dusun
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
locatedOn Borneo
nativeTo Sabah
partOf Kadazan-Dusun peoples
linked to: Kadazan-Dusun
primaryLivelihood agriculture
recognizedAs indigenous people of Sabah
region northern Borneo
relatedEthnicGroup Bisaya (Borneo)
linked to: Rungus

Kadazan
linked to: Kadazan-Dusun

Murut
Rungus
religion Christianity
Islam
traditionalCrop hill paddy
wet paddy
traditionalDress black handwoven costume with beadwork
traditionalFestival Kaamatan
traditionalHouseType stilt house
traditionalInstrument gong
sompoton
traditionalMusic gong ensemble
traditionalOccupation rice farming
traditionalPractice rice cultivation rituals
shifting cultivation
traditionalReligion animism
folk religion
usesLanguage Dusun language
English language
linked to: English

Malay language
linked to: Malay

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kadazan Dusun language hasDialects Interior Dusun
linked to: Dusun
Kadazan Dusun language hasAlternativeName Central Dusun
linked to: Dusun
Dusun Witu language altName Dusun Witu
linked to: Dusun
Kadazan-Dusun subgroup Dusun
Keningau hasEthnicGroup Dusun
Keningau hasLanguage Dusun
Dusun hasSubgroup Tindal Dusun
linked to: Dusun
Dusun hasSubgroup Kimaragang Dusun
linked to: Dusun
Dusun hasSubgroup Kwijau Dusun
linked to: Dusun