Kinabatangan language

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Kinabatangan
Lobu
Native to Malaysia
Region Sabah
Ethnicityca. 15,000 Lobu (1985–2015) [1]
Native speakers
4,000 (Lanas Lobu) (2015) [2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
dmg   Upper Kinabatangan
ruu   Lanas Lobu (Rumanau)
low   Tampias Lobu
Glottolog uppe1426

Kinabatangan is a language of Sabah, Malaysia.

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References

  1. Upper Kinabatangan at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016), Lanas Lobu (Rumanau) at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016), Tampias Lobu at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
  2. Lanas Lobu (Rumanau) at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)