Boos Momogun

Coastal Kadazan

Austronesian (Dusunic, Sabahan)

FamilyAustronesian (Dusunic, Sabahan) Speakers~150K ScriptLatin CountriesMalaysia (Sabah, Penampang district) Official inNo (recognized indigenous language of Sabah; KDCA standard alongside Central Dusun) ISO 639-3dtp Glottocodecoas1294

Coastal Kadazan (autonym Boos Momogun) is the Dusunic Austronesian language of Penampang and Papar on the west coast of Sabah, distinct from the inland Central Dusun (dtp) cluster though mutually partly intelligible and unified under the KDCA literary standard. Uses a five-vowel system with phonemic /v/ (a typological rarity in Sabahan), and like other Dusunic languages has a rich Philippine-type voice system (actor/patient/locative/instrumental focus). Penampang is the cultural heartland of the Kaamatan harvest festival.

Where it is spoken

31 core words in Coastal Kadazan

Water

waig

/waiɡ/

Fire

tapui

/taˈpui/

Sun

tadau

/taˈdau/

Moon

vuhan

/ˈvuhan/

Star

tombituon

/tombituon/

Mother

tina

/ˈtina/

Father

tama

/ˈtama/

I

zou

/zou/

You

ika

/ika/

Name

ngaran

/ŋaran/

Eye

mato

/ˈmato/

Hand

longon

/ˈloŋon/

Heart

kosingan

/koˈsiŋan/

Love

ohunod

/oˈhunod/

Tree

kayu

/ˈkaju/

House

walai

/waˈlai/

Dog

tasu

/ˈtasu/

Cat

tusing

/ˈtusiŋ/

Eat

mangakan

/maˈŋakan/

Drink

monginum

/moˈŋinum/

One

iso

/ˈiso/

Two

duvo

/duvo/

Hello

kopivosian

/kopiˈvosian/

Thank you

pounsikou

/pounˈsikou/

Good

avasi

/aˈvasi/

Sources

Words compared

Compared with related Austronesian (Dusunic, Sabahan) languages

Meaning Coastal KadazanKadazan-DusunMaguindanaoPapuan MalayKapampanganPangasinanMaranao
Water waig /waiɡ/ waig /waiɡ/ ig /ʔiɡ/ air /aer/ danum /daˈnum/ danum /daˈnum/ ig /iɡ/
Fire tapui /taˈpui/ tapui /tapui/ apoy /ʔaˈpoj/ api /ˈapi/ api /ʔaˈpi/ apoy /ˈʔapoj/ apoy /apoj/
Sun tadau /taˈdau/ todau /todau/ senang /seˈnaŋ/ matahari /mataˈhari/ aldo /ʔalˈdoʔ/ agew /ˈʔaɡəw/ alongan /aloŋan/
Moon vuhan /ˈvuhan/ vulan /vulan/ bulan /buˈlan/ bulan /ˈbulan/ bulan /buˈlan/ bulan /buˈlan/ bolan /bolan/
Star tombituon /tombituon/ rombituon /rombituon/ bituon /bituʔon/ bintang /bintaŋ/ batwin /batwin/ bitewen /bitewɛn/ bito-on /bitoʔon/
Mother tina /ˈtina/ tina /tina/ ina /ˈʔina/ mama /ˈmama/ ima /ˈʔimaʔ/ ina /ˈʔina/ ina /ina/
Father tama /ˈtama/ tama /tama/ ama /ˈʔama/ bapa /ˈbapa/ tata /ˈtataʔ/ ama /ˈʔama/ ama /ama/
I zou /zou/ yoku /joku/ saki /saki/ sa /sa/ aku /ʔaku/ siak /siʔak/ ako /ako/
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