Native to Malaysia ISO 639-3 dbj | Native speakers 10,000 (2013) Glottolog idaa1241 | |
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Region Lahad Datu, Kinabatangan, and Sandakan districts of Sabah Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
North Bornean
Northeast Sabahan
Ida’an | ||
The Ida'an (also Idahan) language is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Ida'an people of Sabah, Malaysia. The language has a long literary history, the first known writing in Idahan language was a manuscript dated 1408 A.D. The Jawi manuscript gives an account of an Ida'an man named Abdullah in Darvel Bay who embraced Islam and became one of the earliest known regions in Malaysia to embraced Islam.
Begak dialect is threatened with extinction, as younger speakers are switching to Malay.
References
Ida'an language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA