Central Dusun language

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Dusun (Dusun:Boros Dusun),is the language spoken by the Dusun people of Sabah, Malaysia.

[edit] Official dialect

Under the efforts of the Kadazandusun Cultural Association Sabah, the standardized Kadazandusun language is of the Bundu-liwan dialect spoken in Bundu and Liwan. Dusun Bundu-liwan's selection was based on it being the most mutually intelligible, when conversing with other Dusun or Kadazan dialects. ^[1]

[edit] Examples

[edit] Genesis 1:1-3

Tontok di timpuun i', tontok di tuminimpuun o Kinorohingan do minomonsoi do koinsanai'd nunu nopo, om a' po noulud iti pomogunan, om orolot po. Om nokulumutan di rahat dot opuhod o koinsanai do nunu nopo, om otuong po tomod o hiri, nga' mimpanau i' i kuasa' do Kinorohingan do hiri'd soribau di waig. Om pomoros nodi o Kinorohingan do poingkaa, "Nawau no", ka - om haro nodi o tanawau. Om asanangan tomod diri o Kinorohingan do nokokito'di. Om potongkiado' nodi dau i tanawau do mantad hiri'd totuong. Om pungaranai noddi do Kinorohingan do "Dangadau" it anawau, om iri no it otuong om pinungaranan dau do "Dongotuong". Om kosuabai nodi om kasangadahai - om iri no o tadau do koiso.

Translation

In the beginning God created heaven and earth. The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep water. The spirit of God was hovering over the water. Then God said, "Let there be light!" So there was light. God saw the light was good. So God separated the light from the darkness. God named the light "day", and the darkness he named "night". There was evening, then morning, the first day.

[edit] External links

• Kadazandusun Language Foundation
• Kadazandusun Online Vocabulary Sharing

[edit] Notes