The Sabahan languages are a group of Austronesian languages centered on the Bornean province of Sabah.
Sabahan | |
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Geographic distribution | Sabah, Borneo |
Linguistic classification | Austronesian |
Glottolog | saba1285 |
The constituents are separated into two families in Blust (2010):
Lobel (2013b, p. 47, 361) proposes the following internal classification of Southwest Sabahan, based on phonological and morphological evidence.[1]
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.)
Smith (2017)[2] proposes a North Borneo group comprising the North Sarawak, Northeast Sabah, and Southwest Sabah branches.