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Bruneian Dusuns ( Sang Jati Dusun) are directly related to the Dusun people of Sabah, both belong to the same Dusunic Family group. Bruneian Dusuns share a common origin, language and identity with the Bisaya people of Brunei, northern Sarawak and southwestern Sabah.
The Dusunic languages are classified as follows. [1] Bisaya–Lotud: Brunei Bisaya, Sabah Bisaya, Lotud. Dusun: Central Dusun – Coastal Kadazan, Kuijau, Papar, Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan, Kota Marudu Talantang, Kimaragang – Tebilung – Rungus, Klias River Kadazan. Dumpas may also belong here.
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Over 30 languages constitute the Bisayan language family. The Bisayan language with the most speakers is Cebuano, spoken by 20 million people as a native language in Central Visayas, parts of Eastern Visayas, and most of Mindanao. Two other well-known and widespread Bisayan languages are Hiligaynon (Ilonggo), spoken by 9 million in most of ...
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The Bisayan culture and language are quite similar to that of the Sabah Dusun and related groups in Brunei and Sarawak. In fact, some believe that the culture area should be labeled Bisaya-Dusun. The Bisayan language, Basaya, is a part of the North Indonesian branch of the Austronesian language family.
Feb 10, 2011 · To someone in Tacloban or Samar, Bisaya is interchangeable with Waray but Cebuano, Ilonggo and Waray are not interchangeable (Atty. Faelnar; personal communication). Another observation is that, for the people in the academe and non-Cebuano speakers, the language is called Cebuano but for the native speakers the language, it is called Binisaya.
The intelligibility testing in Bisaya villages confirmed the fact that the Bisaya language is distinct from the Kadazan/Dusun languages and dialects with which it was tested, and from most other languages within the Dusunic family of languages. It is, however, more highly understood by speakers of the Tatana
