Murut language

E528642

The Murut language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Murut people of northern Borneo, especially in Sabah, Malaysia, and parts of neighboring regions.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
natural language
belongsToGroup Murutic languages
branch North Bornean languages
continent Asia
country Malaysia
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Murut
family Austronesian
glottologCode muru1265
glottologName Murutic
hasAlternativeName Murutic
Murutic language
hasDialect Bookan Murut
Keningau Murut
linked to: Keningau

Lundayeh
Okolod Murut
linked to: Murut

Paluan Murut
Selungai Murut
Sembakung Murut
Tagol Murut
Timugon Murut
hasNeighboringLanguage Dusun language
Lun Bawang language
Malay language
linked to: Malay
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
rich consonant inventory
hasSubgroup Eastern Murutic
Northern Murutic
Southern Murutic
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
iso639-3Code mvv
languageFamily Austronesian languages
macroArea Southeast Asia
primaryArea interior of Sabah
region Borneo
spokenBy Murut people
spokenIn Malaysia
Sabah
northern Borneo
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian
typologicalFeature verb-initial word order tendency
usedFor oral tradition
storytelling
traditional songs
usedIn traditional ceremonies
writingSystemType alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Bornean languages includesLanguage Murut language
Murut people traditionalLanguage Murut language
Murut people traditionalLanguage Tagol Murut language
linked to: Murut language
Dusunic languages hasMember Kota Marudu Tinagas language
linked to: Murut language
Murutic languages hasPart Timugon Murut language
linked to: Murut language
Murutic languages hasPart Bookan Murut language
linked to: Murut language
Murutic languages hasPart Keningau Murut language
linked to: Murut language
Murutic languages hasPart Selungai Murut language
linked to: Murut language
Kalimaran Festival languageOfCulturalContent Murut languages
linked to: Murut language