Timugon language

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Timugon Murut
Native to Malaysia
Region Sabah
Ethnicity9,000 (2004) [1]
Dialects
  • Beaufort Murut (Binta’)
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 tih
Glottolog timu1262

Timugon Murut is a language spoken by the Murut people of Borneo.

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References

  1. Timugon language at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)