Kalabakan language

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Kalabakan
Tidong
Native to Malaysia
Region Sabah
Ethnicity2,200 Tidung people (2000) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kve
Glottolog kala1391

Kalabakan (Kalabakan Murut) is a Sabahan language spoken by members of the Tidong ethnic group in Kalabakan District, Sabah, Malaysia.

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References

  1. Kalabakan language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)