Bisaya, Sabah

BSY

threatened

Alternate Names: Basaya, Besaya, Bisaia, Bisayah, Jilama Bawang, Jilama Sungai

Dialects: 90% intelligibility of Tatana ,. Lexical similarity: with dialects of Brunei Bisaya ,: 58% with Sarawak dialect and 57%–59% with Brunei dialect.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
North Borneo
Sabahan
Dusunic
Bisaya

Demographics: Ethnic population: 15,800 (2000).

Language Use: Neutral attitudes. Used as L2 by Papar [dpp].

Language Development: Bible portions: 1938.

Nation of Origin: Malaysia