Central Dusun is a member of the North Bornean group of Malayo-Polynesian languages. It is spoken by about 260,000 Dusun people in the State of Sabah and the Federal Territory of Labuan of the coast of Sabah in Malaysia. In particular, it is spoken in the districts of Ranau, Papar, Penampang, Kota Kinabalu, Tuaran, Kota Belud in the West Coast Division (Bahagian Pantai Barat) of Sabah, in Kota Marudu District in the Kudat Division of Sabah, and in Tambunan District in the Interior Division (Bahagian Pedalaman) of Sabah.
Central Dusun is also known as Dusun or Bunduliwan. There are three groups of dialects: Liwanic, Bunduic and Uli Sugut Dusun. It is closely related the Coastal Kadazan, which is also spoken in Sabah. The two languages are mutually intelligible, and a standarised Kadazandusun language, based on the Bundu-Liwan dialect, was created in 1995 by the Kadazandusun Cultural Association Sabah.
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Om poboroso' po kawagu di Yesus o poingkaa "Haro o songulun o kusai do kianak do duwo o kusai. Insan o maso om boro-boros no i tanak dit id domulok di tapa' dau do poingkaa, 'Apa', patahako' doho' do dinondo o doho'd gontok dilo dapu' toko',' ka. Om piduwoo' noddi di tapa' dau i dapu' do pinatahak di duwo o tanak dau'ddi.
Piri-piro noddi o tadau do mantad diri, om pobolio' no di tanak dit id domulok o koinsanai di dapu' di notunkusan dau. Om ongoi noddi iyau dot id pomoguan di hilo'd sodu', om hilo' noddi do pininsimi-simaan dau i tusin dau'ddi, om a' osonong o kowoyo-woyoon dau.
And Jesus gave this new teaching, saying, "There was a man who had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the inheritance from our property.' So the father divided his estate between them.
Not long after, the younger son gathered all he had and left for a far country. There, he squandered his wealth in reckless living.
(part of The Parable of the Prodigal Son)
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Information about Central Dusun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusun_language
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/dtp
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