The Sabahan languages are a group of Austronesian languages mostly concentrated in the Malaysian state of Sabah, but also extended into neighbouring Sarawak of Malaysia, North Kalimantan of Indonesia, and the sovereign state of Brunei.
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Partially Attested
Proto-Language StatusProto-Southwest Sabahan reconstructed with documented phonological innovations inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian; reconstruction not evidenced for Sabahan languages overall 1 Source documents proto-language reconstruction only for the Southwest Sabahan subgroup, not the Sabahan family as a whole RegionSabah, Malaysia, also extending into Sarawak, North Kalimantan (Indonesia) and Brunei 1 Sources
1. Sabahan languages, Wikipedia
Introduction, first paragraph
The Sabahan languages are a group of Austronesian languages mostly concentrated in the Malaysian state of Sabah, but also extended into neighbouring Sarawak of Malaysia, North Kalimantan of Indonesia, and the sovereign state of Brunei.
Classification section, Lobel (2013)
Lobel (2013:367-368) lists the following Proto-Southwest Sabahan phonological innovations that were developed from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.
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