Coastal Kadazan language

Coastal Kadazan
Boos Kadazan (Bo'os Kadazan)
Dusun Tangara
Native toNorth Borneo (East Malaysia)
RegionSabah and Federal Territory of Labuan
Ethnicity220,000 Kadazan people (2018)
Native speakers
(undated figure of 200,000[citation needed])
Standard forms
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Regulated byMultiple (?):[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3dtp
Glottologcoas1294

Coastal Kadazan, also known as Dusun Tangara, is a dialect of the Central Dusun as well as a minority language primarily spoken in Sabah, Malaysia. It is the primary dialect spoken by the Kadazan people in the west coast of Sabah especially in the districts of Penampang, Papar and Membakut (sub-district of Beaufort).

  1. ^ Bating, Henry (2008). Bahasa Kadazandusun dan Pembakuan [The Kadazandusun Language and Standardization]. Kursus Pemantapan Profesionalisme Bahasa Kadazandusun (in Malay). IPG Keningau. pp. 1–11.